Chaucer at the Court of Edward III - Nude Studies of two Boys1845 Accession number: 1906P767 Pencil on paper, laid down. Width: 232 mm Height: 243 mm InformationThe nude figure of a boy holding a triangle is an early study for a similar figure which can be seen in the final painting (1851, oil on canvas, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney) sitting on the right of the troubadour but with his head hanging backwards to look at Chaucer. Likewise the standing figure appears in the finished picture but in a slightly different pose holding a sword as well as a shield. The pose of this nude boy is the same as that in the oil study for the abandoned triptych 'The Seeds and Fruits of English Poetry' (1845-51, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford) and the two must have been done around the same time. LM
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