Double cornice on the faâde of the church of the sepulchre, Jerusalem

細節

William Holman Hunt, A.R.S.A., R.W.S. (1827-1910)
Double cornice on the faâde of the church of the sepulchre, Jerusalem
inscribed and dated 'Double Cornice on the facade of the Church of the Sepulchre, Jerusalem/Oct 20.1876.' (lower centre)
black and white chalks, on buff paper
14 x 19½in. (35.5 x 49.5cm.)

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拍品專文

William Holman Hunt, a founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood, was inspired by his strong Christian beliefs to embark on a journey to the Holy Land in January 1854. After a brief stay in Cairo and Jaffa he made his base in Jerusalem for over a year and a half, until October 1856. He made a second visit to Jerusalem (Aug 1869-June 1872) and his largest-scale work to that date, Shadow of Death, is a product of this visit. After his marriage to Edith Waugh in 1876 he made a third and final visit to Jerusalem and this architectural drawing of a church faâde is an example of his work from this period.
We are grateful to Dr Judith Bronkhurst for her help cataloguing this drawing.