St Theophilus and the Angel - Drapery Study of the Angel1863 – 1865 Accession number: 1904P159 Red brown chalk on paper. Width: 130 mm Height: 285 mm InformationThe subject of this drawing was taken from the legend of St Dorothea who was martyred for her faith. An angel confronts the Protonotary Theophilus with a bowl of offerings as a witness to the Dorothea's saintliness, now being in the Garden of Paradise. Burne-Jones produced two versions of the story of 'Theophilus and the Angel', both of which remain missing.
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