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Wash Drawing - Troy Triptych - Study of Two Putti

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Basic Information

Accession Number:1922P185
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 four large wash studies in Birmingham's collection for the two bronzed putti at the base of the altarpiece of the 'Troy Triptych', a project which began in 1870 but which remained unfinished. See also 1922P183-184, 186.

Presented by Sir Philip Burne-Jones, Mrs 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