Ariadne

1863/1864

Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones

Artist, British, 1833 - 1898

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and gouache over graphite on smooth wove paper

  • Credit Line

    The Armand Hammer Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 123.8 x 54 cm (48 3/4 x 21 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1989.2.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sir Sydney Cockerell (1867-1962), Cambridge, England; (sale, London, Phillips, 18 April 1988, lot 98); Peter Nahum Limited, London; purchased 1989 by NGA with funds from the Armand Hammer Foundation.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1989

  • Master Drawings from The Armand Hammer Collection: An Inaugural Celebration, NGA, 1989, unpaginated brochure.

2006

  • The Artist's Vision: Romantic Traditions in Great Britain, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007

Bibliography

1988

  • Phillips, FIine Englist Drwgs. & Watercolors, London: 5/18/88, no.98.

1989

  • Hammer 1989, last entry.

Inscriptions

across top in graphite: [?] now I thy lyfe begynne

Wikidata ID

Q64631832

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