Study of tiled Floor of the Baptistry, Florence
1866 – 1869
Accession number: 1985P84
Pencil on brown paper.
Width: 510 mm
Height: 355 mm
Information
This drawing may date from the artist's time in Florence 1866-67 or 1868-69. Bronhurst notes that the tiles are not sketched in the order they actually are on the Baptistry floor.
- Presented by the Friends of Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, 1985.
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Makers
| Association | Artist | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | William Holman Hunt | - |
Inscriptions
| Type | Position(s) | Method | Date(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baptistry Florence WHH | ||||
| - | bottom right | Handwritten | - | pencil |
Exhibitions
| Catalogue No. | Venue | Date(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| on loan | |||
| - | Ashmolean Museum, Oxford | 1965 - 1985 | |
Literature
| Author(s) | Date(s) | Publisher | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | |||
| 10 October 1985 | Sotheby's | 74 | |
| William Holman Hunt: A Catalogue Raisonne | |||
| Judith Bronkhurst | 2006 | Yale University Press, New Haven and London | L87 |
Provenance
| By descent in the artist's family to Mrs Elisabeth Burt; sold Sotheby's 10 October 1985 (74 part); Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, 1985. |
Associated places
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Florence, Italy | Depicted |
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