Live Auction 15506Victorian Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art
Sir Edward John Poynter, Bt., P.R.A., R.W.S. (1826-1919)
Lot 59

Sir Edward John Poynter, Bt., P.R.A., R.W.S. (1826-1919)

Head study for 'The Cave of the Storm Nymphs'

Closed11 July 2018

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Sir Edward John Poynter, Bt., P.R.A., R.W.S. (1826-1919)
Head study for 'The Cave of the Storm Nymphs'
dated 'Aug 10. 91' (lower right)
black and white chalk on buff paper
10 ½ x 9 3/8 in.(26.7 x 23.8 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 17 May 2011, lot 19.

Specialist note

The present drawing is a study for the head of the central figure in The Cave of the Storm Nymphs (1902, Hermitage Museum, Norfolk, Virginia). A study of the whole figure is in the National Gallery of Canada, Toronto, a gift of the Dennis T. Lanigan Collection.

We are grateful to Donato Esposito for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.