A Chandelier with the Virgin Mary Holding the Christ Child

1840s/1850s

Sir Frederic William Burton

Associated Names
Sir Frederic William Burton

Artist, Irish,1816 - 1900

The image depicts an ornate chandelier with detailed metalwork, angelic figures, and a central statue of a religious figure holding a child, all highlighted in gold and bronze tones. The color palette includes gold, bronze, and soft brown shades, with touches of light beige in the background. The chandelier is placed prominently in the center of the image against a backdrop of architectural details.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with watercolor over graphite, heightened with white, on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William B. O'Neal

  • Dimensions

    overall: 29.7 x 25 cm (11 11/16 x 9 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.52.15

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(J.S. Maas & Co., Ltd., London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1973-1994; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2006

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

Bibliography

1993

  • NGA O'Neal 1993, cat 80.

Inscriptions

lower left in black ink: FWB; by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: PW[I?]

Wikidata ID

Q64631900

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