Studies from the Antique: recto and verso
Studies from the Antique: recto and verso
Ford Madox Brown (1821 - 1893)
Date: 1843-1845
Dimensions:
578 x 460 mm
760 x 630 mm (29 15/16 x 24 13/16 in.)
Medium: Crayon on paper
Object number: GA0491
DescriptionStudies from the Antique:
(Recto) Full-length figure with arm raised, (?) after Bacchus by Sansovino.
(Verso) Outline study of the dying Gaul; detailed back view of the same figure (original, Capitoline Museum, Rome).
These studies are numbers 482-493 and are survivors of a set of 36 originally at the gallery. The remaining 14 were damaged beyond repair during the Second World War. The titles (taken from: Bennett, Mary. Ford Madox Brown: A Catalogue Raisonné, Yale University Press, 2010), are descriptive.
(Recto) Full-length figure with arm raised, (?) after Bacchus by Sansovino.
(Verso) Outline study of the dying Gaul; detailed back view of the same figure (original, Capitoline Museum, Rome).
These studies are numbers 482-493 and are survivors of a set of 36 originally at the gallery. The remaining 14 were damaged beyond repair during the Second World War. The titles (taken from: Bennett, Mary. Ford Madox Brown: A Catalogue Raisonné, Yale University Press, 2010), are descriptive.