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Wash Drawing - Troy Triptych - Study of Two Putti

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Basic Information

Accession Number:1922P184
Collection:Fine Art Prints and Drawings
Date:1870 - 1872

Maker Information

Artist:Sir Edward Burne-Jones - View biography for Sir Edward Burne-Jones

Notes

This is one of three sepia studies for the bronzed children at the base of the columns in 'The Troy Triptych', a complex architectural project that drew together various scenes relating to the Story of Troy. The unfinished oil on canvas is also in the Birmingham Collection.

Presented by Sir Philip Burne-Jones, J W Mackail and James Richardson Holliday, 1922.

Further Information

Production Period:19th century
School/Style:Symbolist
Medium:Brown wash and white bodycolour over pencil on brown paper.
Material(s):Paper

Dimensions

Height:406 mm
Width:610 mm