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The Death of Medusa (a fragment)
Details
SIR EDWARD COLEY BURNE-JONES, BT., A.R.A., R.W.S. (BIRMINGHAM 1833-1898 LONDON)
The Death of Medusa (a fragment)
oil on canvas
24 ¾ x 31 in. (63 x 79 cm.)
The Death of Medusa (a fragment)
oil on canvas
24 ¾ x 31 in. (63 x 79 cm.)
Provenance
The artist (†); Christie's, London, 16 July 1898, lot 75 (100 gns to Charles Fairfax Murray).
Margaret Mackail, the artist's daughter.
Her sale; Christie's, London, 3 December 1954, lot 38 (10 gns to Gribble).
David Gould, c. 1955, by whom cut down.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 13 December 2017, lot 20, where purchased by the present owner.
Margaret Mackail, the artist's daughter.
Her sale; Christie's, London, 3 December 1954, lot 38 (10 gns to Gribble).
David Gould, c. 1955, by whom cut down.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 13 December 2017, lot 20, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
S. Wildman et. al., Edward Burne-Jones: Victorian Artist-Dreamer, New York, 1998, p. 228.
Burne-Jones Catalogue Raisonné, online edition, accessed June 2026, unnumbered.
Burne-Jones Catalogue Raisonné, online edition, accessed June 2026, unnumbered.
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