SIR EDWARD COLEY BURNE-JONES, BT., A.R.A., R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1833-1898)
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SIR EDWARD COLEY BURNE-JONES, BT., A.R.A., R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1833-1898)

King Acrisius, The Rubens Version

Fermé15 July 2022

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SIR EDWARD COLEY BURNE-JONES, BT., A.R.A., R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1833-1898)
King Acrisius, The Rubens Version
inscribed 'King Acrisius having dreamed that/ he should be slain by the hand [of] his daughter/ Danae built a ... tower to shut Danae there in/ as long as she lived, thinking so to/ undo the ... of the Gods.' (verso) and with inscription 'Father several times amused/ himself when he had finished/ a picture, by doing a Rubens/ version of it./ M.M.' (on an old label, in Margaret Mackail's hand)
pencil, pen and black ink on paper blindstamped '2 MANDEVILLE PLACE W.', unframed
6 7⁄8 x 4 3⁄8 in. (17.6 x 11.2 cm.)

The artist, by whom given to his granddaughter,
Angela Margaret Thirkell (née Mackail) (1890-1966), and by descent to her son,
Graham Campbell McInnes (1912-1970), by whom given to his son, and by descent.