A Fragment from an Antique Frieze

Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones

Associated Names
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones

Artist, British, 1833 - 1898

The image shows a leaf-like sculpture with curling edges and intricate texturing, placed in a square frame. The color palette includes earthy tones such as brown, beige, white highlights, and dark shadows. The object is centrally positioned, with its curling forms extending towards the top right, creating depth and dimension.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk heightened with white gouache on brown wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William B. O'Neal

  • Dimensions

    overall: 27.4 x 24.1 cm (10 13/16 x 9 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.52.14

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(J.S. Maas & Co., Ltd., London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, December 1972-1994; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1982

  • La Bella Mano: Pre-Raphaelite Paintings and Decorative Arts, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richond, 1982, no. 30.

1985

  • The English Avant-Garde of the 1880's: Aesthetes, Rebels and Feminists, University of Virginia Library, Richmond, 1985.

1993

  • Drawings from the O'Neal Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1993, no. 51.

1996

  • Drawings from the O'Neal Collection, Georgia Museum of Art, The University of Georgia, Athens, 4 May-16 June, 1996.

2006

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

Inscriptions

lower left in black chalk: EBJ.; by later hand, center verso in graphite: 7561 / MOUNT

Wikidata ID

Q64631862

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