St Theophilus and the Angel - Female Nude - Study of the Angel1863 – 1867 Accession number: 1904P164 Pencil over red brown chalk, laid down on paper. Width: 85 mm Height: 216 mm InformationOne of a number of studies in Birmingham's collection for the watercolour entitled 'Theophilus and the Angel'. Two versions of the painting were made, one was destroyed in the second world war (1863), the other (c.1866) was sold at Sotheby's in 2008.The subject is taken from the legend of St Dorothea, when the Protonotary Theophilus is approached by an angel sent by Dorothea.
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