Studies from the Antique: recto and verso
Date1843-1845
MediumCrayon on paper
DimensionsObject/Work: 578 x 460 mm
Mount Size: 760 x 630 mm (29 15/16 x 24 13/16 in.)
Mount Size: 760 x 630 mm (29 15/16 x 24 13/16 in.)
ClassificationsArtworks/Commemorations/Photographs
Terms
Object numberGA0491
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.
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Richard Beer
