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Hesperides. 'Dance around the Golden Tree'
Calvert, Edward
(Painter)
The Hesperides maidens dance around the tree bearing the golden apples of eternal life, prior to their theft by Heracles.
History note: Geoffrey Keynes
Allocated by H.M. Treasury through the Minister of the Arts, accepted in lieu of taxes
Height: 24.4 cm
Width: 38.0 cm
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.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1985)
by
Keynes, Geoffrey
A characteristic example of Calvert's late style.
Support
composed of
card
Painted Surface
Height 21.1 cm
Width 37.6 cm
Painting (image-making) : Oil on card
Accession number: PD.155-1985
Primary reference Number: 3150
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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Accession Number: CM.LS.1544-R
Accession Number: 832/7.f.27
Accession Number: 3060
Accession Number: P.27-1945
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