Study for the Virgin
Artist
William Dyce
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1806 - 1864)
Date1850-1864
Mediumpencil on paper
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
DimensionsOverall: Height: 15.3 cm, Width: 9.9 cm
Frame: Height: 34 cm, Width: 25 cm
Frame: Height: 34 cm, Width: 25 cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1937 by J Kent Richardson.
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG003218
Other Titles- Sketch of Figure for Stained Glass Window
Jane's family came from Milnathort, near Kinross and this work was obviously painted in Scotland; it is inscribed Crossgate Manse. The location has not yet been discovered but there is a Crossgate in Cupar, Fife although it is a short street with no building that could obviously have been a manse.
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A very delicate pencil drawing where you can't even see the pencil strokes.
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
1859