Sketchbook - The Perseus Series - Head Studies of Medusa and Perseus
1875
Accession number: 1952P5.17
Pencil on paper.
Width: 183 mm
Height: 255 mm
Information
One of several studies in Birmingham's Collection for the Perseus Series of paintings (Series I is now in the Stattsgalerie, Stuttgart; Series II in the Southampton City Art Gallery).Of these two studies, it seems that only Medusa was used in the final composition, specifically, 'The Finding of Medusa', the Staatsgalerie version. However, it is possible that these two heads were two be used in the preliminary compositions of 'The Baleful Head', also in the Staatsgalerie, in which similar positionings of the heads are used.
- Presented by Mrs Angela Thirkell, 1952.
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Makers
| Association | Artist | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | Sir Edward Burne-Jones | - |
Literature
| Author(s) | Date(s) | Publisher | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Raphaelite Drawings | |||
| 1947 | Roland, Browse & Delbanco, London | p. 11 | |
| Burne-Jones | |||
| Bill Waters, Martin Harrison | 1973 | Barrie & Jenkins, London | p. 119; Fig. 173 |
| Der Perseus-Zyklus von Edward Burne-Jones | |||
| Kurt Locher | 1973 | Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart | Fig. 59 |
| Hidden Burne-Jones, Works on paper by Edward Burne-Jones from Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery | |||
| 2007 | Dan Giles, Ltd., London | p. 79 | |
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