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Sir Edward John Poynter, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1836-1919)

Study of an arm for 'Michelangelo and Phidias'

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Sir Edward John Poynter, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1836-1919)
Study of an arm for 'Michelangelo and Phidias'
with studio stamp
black and white chalks, on buff paper
9¼ x 10 7/8 in. (23.5 x 27.6 cm.)
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Lot Essay

The present drawing is a study for the central figures in the painted ceiling in the lecture theatre apse at the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington. The painting was not executed (see J.Physick's, The Victoria and Albert Museum, Oxford, 1982, pl. xxx.)

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