1943.679: Head of a Young Woman (Study for "The Hesperides"?)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.679

People

Edward Burne-Jones, British (Birmingham, England 1833 - 1898 London, England)

Title

Head of a Young Woman (Study for "The Hesperides"?)

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

October 1870

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/297923

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on cream wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 27.7 x 22.1 cm (10 7/8 x 8 11/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.679

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Paintings and Drawings of the Pre-Raphaelites and their Circle, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1946), no. 15, repr.
• Chikashi Kitazaki and Mina Oya, ed., Between Reality and Dreams: Nineteenth Century British and French Art from the Winthrop Collection of the Fogg Art Museum, exh. cat., National Museum of Western Art (Ueno, 2002), cat. no. 61-2, repr. (color)

Exhibition History

• Paintings and Drawings of the Pre-Raphaelites and their Circle, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/08/1946 - 06/01/1946
• Between Reality and Dreams: Nineteenth Century British and French Art from the Winthrop Collection of the Fogg Art Museum, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 09/14/2002 - 12/08/2002

Subjects and Contexts

• Google Art Project
• Collection Highlights

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