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Study for the 'Mirror of Venus' Study of the third figure from the right in the 'Mirror of Venus' Study of an arm
Draughtsman: Burne-Jones, Edward
History note: Sir Philip Burne-Jones; Executor's sale, Christie's, 5th June 1919 (?37), bt. Ricketts and Shannon
The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937
Height: 252 mm
Width: 177 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood
Burne-Jones painted two versions of the 'Mirror of Venus', a watercolour begun in 1868 and a larger oil (now in the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon), begun in 1873, and finished in 1877. These six sheets (see nos. 2005.1, and 3-6) of studies are for the later picture, and are stylistically sufficiently distinct from the head studies 2001 a) and b) (also for the Mirror of Venus) to suggest that the latter are for the early watercolour version.
Support composed of cartridge paper
Drawing (image-making) : Graphite on white cartridge paper
Accession number: 2005.2
Primary reference Number: 26286
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Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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