The Fitzwilliam Museum - Upper left, sketch of a man with hands in prayer attitude(1); Upper centre, sketch of a male figure with his hand in a muff(2); Upper right, sketch of a figure holding a staff(3); Centre left, sketch of a hand holding a glove(4); Centre, sketch of a head with a crown upon it(5); Centre right, sketch of a figure of a man with his hand on the head of a young boy(6); Lower left, sketch of a female figure holding a scroll(7): 1084.4

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Titles

Upper left, sketch of a man with hands in prayer attitude(1); Upper centre, sketch of a male figure with his hand in a muff(2); Upper right, sketch of a figure holding a staff(3); Centre left, sketch of a hand holding a glove(4); Centre, sketch of a head with a crown upon it(5); Centre right, sketch of a figure of a man with his hand on the head of a young boy(6); Lower left, sketch of a female figure holding a scroll(7)

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Burne-Jones, Edward

Entities

Drawing

Legal notes

From the artist's children, Sir Philip Burne-Jones, and Mrs Mackail.

Measurements and weight

Height: 285 mm
Width: 228 mm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1923-04) by Burne-Jones, Sir Philip

Note

(1) This figure is a copy of the figure to the left of the second column at the left of the painting 'Curse of Ham' at the Campo Santo Piza. (Stokes: Gozzoli). (3) This figure is a copy of the far left foreground figure from the 'Adoration of the Magi' (Rossi, Giuseppe; fig. 41) (6) This figure group is a copy of the central foreground figure group from 'The Fall of Sodom' (Rossi, figure 28) (7) This figure is a copy of the figure, fourth from the left of the lower left figure group, from the 'Birth of Eseau. (Rossi, figure 31).

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Graphite on paper

Inscription or legends present

Text: Campo Santo / Benozzo Gozzoli
Location: Upper left
Method of creation: Graphite

Text: (C-en--)
Location: To left of figure in (1)
Method of creation: Graphite

Inscription present: with a line leading to the left-hand side of the garment

Text: lake
Location: To right of figure in (1)
Method of creation: Graphite

Text: yellow hair, white, brown fur, lake, lake(sleeve), white, lake, blue, white
Location: Surrounding figure in (2), in clockwise direction
Method of creation: Graphite

Text: blue, yellow, blue, yellow, blue, yellow, faint venet
Location: Surrounding figure in (3)
Method of creation: Graphite

Text: Shepherds dress
Location: Far right
Method of creation: Graphite

Text: gold, red hair, white coa
Location: Surrounding sketch (5), clockwise
Method of creation: Graphite

Text: from the fall of Sodom
Location: To right of group in (6)
Method of creation: Graphite

Text: olive, green, white fur, green & olive green, blue, blue & white furs, brown, grass green, olive, white fur
Location: Surrounding group in (6), clockwise
Method of creation: Graphite

Location: To right of figure in (7)
Method of creation: Linen, Birth of Eseau, lake, linen

References and bibliographic entries

'Burne-Jones, Fairfax Murray and Siena' page(s): 348
'Burne-Jones' Second Italian Journey' page(s): 334, 336
'Two Early Altarpieces by Burne-Jones' page(s): 322

Related exhibitions

Morris and Kelmscott

Identification numbers

Accession number: 1084.4
Primary reference Number: 26882
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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