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Description: The Body of Harold Brought before William the Conqueror

TitleThe Body of Harold Brought before William the Conqueror

Creator nameBrown, Ford Madox

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1843

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsCharcoal on paper

LocationSouth London Art Gallery

SubjectsDrawing, British--19th centuryArtists' preparatory studiesHastings, Battle of, England, 1066, in art

StatusWork is now in fragments

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I. Art, Religion, and Labour

Tim Barringer

Men at Work: Art and Labour in Victorian Britain

A CHAOS OF BODIES, male and female, young and old, confronts the viewer of Ford Madox Brown’s great secular altarpiece, Work (fig. 8), just as the language of the body permeates the sonnet published to accompany its first exhibition. The setting is the elegant suburban prospect of The Mount,...

Author

Tim Barringer

PublisherPaul Mellon Centre

Related print edition pages: pp.21-81

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-23837&redirecttoanchor=103264

Chapter subject tags:Painting, Victorian--Great BritainBrown, Ford Madox, 1821-1893Pre-RaphaelitesLabor in art--Great Britain--History--19th centuryVisual culture--History--19th centuryPainting, British--19th century

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Wilson, the black model

Posted by:John Carlson

May 17

Creator nameHaydon, Benjamin Robert

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1810

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsInk on paper

Dimensions322 × 189 mm

LocationHoughton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Wilson, the black model

Sketch of Wilson, the black model

Wilson, the black model, seen from behind

Posted by:John Carlson

May 17

Creator nameHaydon, Benjamin Robert

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1810

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsBlack chalk, heightened with white, on brown paper

Dimensions391 x 521 mm

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1881-0709-545

Accession number1881,0709.545

Wilson, the black model, seen from...

Study of Wilson, the black model, seen from behind

Dr. Agnew (Dr. D. Hayes Agnew)

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 03

Creator nameEakins, Thomas

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1889

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions49 x 31 1/2 in. (124.5 x 80 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/52922

Accession number1961.18.16

Dr. Agnew (Dr. D. Hayes Agnew)

Description: Preliminary study for Representation of the Exhibition, of Paintings, at Somerset...

Preliminary study for Representation of the Exhibition, of Paintings, at Somerset House

Posted by:John Carlson

May 03

Creator nameDodd, Daniel

Creator name (description)Formerly attributed to Johann Heinrich Ramberg

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1784

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsPen and wash

Dimensions9.8 × 14.9 cm

LocationThe Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California

http://emuseum.huntington.org/objects/2472/royal-academy-exhibition

Accession number63.52.193

Preliminary study for Representation of...

Preliminary study for Representation of the Exhibition, of Paintings, at Somerset House

The Liboya Serpant Seizing Its Prey

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 28

Creator nameWard, James

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1803

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsBlack and white chalk on paper

Dimensions317 × 442 mm

LocationFitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/14254

Accession numberPD.77-1993

The Liboya Serpant Seizing Its Prey

Finished study for the lost painting The Liboya Serpant Seizing Its Prey

Wilson, the black model

Posted by:John Carlson

May 17

Creator nameHaydon, Benjamin Robert

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1810

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsInk on paper

Dimensions322 × 189 mm

LocationHoughton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Wilson, the black model

Sketch of Wilson, the black model

Nude Holding a Tablet

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameBeccafumi, Domenico

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1545–1547

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsPen and ink, black chalk and wash

Dimensions13 x 9 1/8 in. (33.1 x 23.1 cm)

LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris

https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl020000297

Accession numberInv. 260

Nude Holding a Tablet

Drapery study

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameLeonardo da Vinci

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1475

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsBrush drawing on brown linen

Dimensions11 1/8 x 7 5/8 in. (28.3 x 19.3 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1895-0915-489

Accession number1895-9-15-489

Drapery study

Study of Roman ruins

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameRaphael

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1512

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsSilverpoint and white heightening on prepared paper

Dimensions8 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. (21 x 14.1 cm)

LocationRoyal Library, Windsor, United Kingdom

https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/990117/a-landscape-with-figures-and-the-ruins-of-a-column

Accession numberRCIN 990117

Study of Roman ruins

Studies for the Last Judgment, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nameBuonarroti, Michelangelo

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1534

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsBlack and red chalk on paper

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1895-0915-518

Accession number1895,0915.518

Studies for the Last Judgment, detail

Studies for the Last Judgment

Study for "Massacre of the Innocents"

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameBerto di Giovanni di Marco

Creator name (description)Attributed to Berto di Giovanni di Marco after Raphael

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1510

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsPen and ink

Dimensions9 1/2 x 12 in. (24 x 30.5 cm)

LocationCleveland Museum of Art

http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1988.28

Accession number1988.28

Study for "Massacre of the Innocents"

Studies after the Domus Aurea decorations

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator namePinturicchio, Bernardino

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1480–1483

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsPen and ink on paper

Dimensions10 3/4 x 7 in. (27.2 x 17.8 cm)

LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin

Accession numberKdZ 5192

Studies after the Domus Aurea...

Studies after the Domus Aurea decorations

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameLippi, Filippino

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1488–1493

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsPen and ink on paper

LocationGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Studies after the Domus Aurea...

Studies after the Domus Aurea decorations

Woman Resting

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameParmigianino

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1524–1527

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsBlack chalk with white heightening on prepared paper

Dimensions9 1/8 x 6 7/8 in. (23.1 x 17.5 cm)

LocationCourtauld Institute of Art, London

Accession numberD.1978.PG.96

Woman Resting

Study for the drapery of the Virgin in a "Visitation"

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameGhirlandaio, Domenico

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleDraftsman

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsPen, brush, watercolor, and white heightening on paper

LocationGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Study for the drapery of the Virgin in a...

Study for the drapery of the Virgin in a "Visitation

Study for A Bathing Place, Asnières

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 22

Creator nameSeurat, Georges

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1883

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsConté crayon on cream paper

Dimensions31.70 x 24.70 cm

LocationNational Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh

https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/19740/seated-nude-study-une-baignade

Accession numberD 5110

Study for A Bathing Place,...

Study for A Bathing Place, Asnières

St. John the Baptist

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameGiorgione;Campagnola, Giulio

Creator nationality/cultureItalian; Italian

Creator roleDraftsman

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsPoint of the brush (landscape) and pen and ink and wash (figure)

Dimensions12 5/8 x 8 5/8 in. (32 x 21.9 cm)

LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl020114865

Accession numberRF 1979, Recto

St. John the Baptist

Study for "The Gulf Stream"

Posted by:John Carlson

May 04

Creator nameHomer, Winslow

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1898–1899

Object typePainting

MaterialsBrush and watercolor, and black chalk on heavy, white wove paper

Dimensions14 1/2 x 10 1/8 in. (36.8 x 25.6 cm)

LocationCooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York

https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18175043/

Accession number1912-12-36

Study for "The Gulf Stream"

Sketch of Maeterlinck's "The Intruder"

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameDenis, Maurice

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1891

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsPencil on paper

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Sketch of Maeterlinck's "The Intruder"

Study for A Bathing Place, Asnières

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 22

Creator nameSeurat, Georges

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1883

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsConté crayon

Dimensions9 1/8 × 11 3/4 in. (23 × 30 cm)

LocationNationalmuseum, Stockholm

https://collection.nationalmuseum.se:443/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=157820&viewType=detailView

Accession numberNMH 50/2014

Study for A Bathing Place,...

Study for A Bathing Place, Asnières

The Icebergs, final study

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 31

Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1860

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas laid down on masonite

Dimensions10 × 18 1/8 in. (25.4 × 46 cm)

LocationColby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine

https://www.colby.edu/museum/?s=Final%20Study%20for%20the%20Iceberg&obj=Obj8304?

Accession number(00)1.2014

The Icebergs, final study

Final Study for the Icebergs

Venus and Psyche

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 07

Creator nameRaphael

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1516–1517

Object typeDrawing

Dimensions10 3/8 x 7 3/4 in. (26.5 x 19.7 cm)

LocationMuseé du Louvre, Paris

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl020101102

Accession number3875

Venus and Psyche

Study of Diana

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 07

Creator nameRembrandt van Rijn

Creator nationality/cultureDutch

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1630

Object typeDrawing

Dimensions7 1/8 x 6 1/2 in. (18.1 x 16.4 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=710586&partId=1

Accession number1895,0915.1266

Study of Diana

Study for "Massacre of the Innocents"

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameRaphael

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1510–1514

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsPen and ink

Dimensions9 1/8 x 14 7/8 in. (23.2 x 37.7 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1860-0414-446

Accession number1860,0414.446

Study for "Massacre of the Innocents"

Description: Aristotle, "Libri naturales": Marginal sketch for Moses and the...

Aristotle, "Libri naturales": Marginal sketch for Moses and the Brazen Serpent

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1250–1275

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsParchment codex

LocationBritish Library, London

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=harley_ms_3487_f103v

Accession numberHarley MS 3487, fol. 103v

Aristotle, "Libri naturales": Marginal...

Aristotle, "Libri naturales": Marginal sketch for Moses and the Brazen Serpent

Study for "Deluge with the Benediction of the Seed of Noah"

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator namePontormo

Creator name (description)Creator uncertain; attributed to Jacobo da Pontormo

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1557

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsBlack chalk

Dimensions10 1/2 x 16 1/8 in. (26.8 x 41 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/228211001

Accession number1974,0406.36

Study for "Deluge with the Benediction...

Study for "Deluge with the Benediction of the Seed of Noah"

Study of a nude man seen from front, side, and back

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator namePollaiuolo, Antonio

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1475

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsStylus, pen, and dark brown ink and wash on paper

LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl020002127

Accession numberInv. 1486

Study of a nude man seen from front,...

Study of a nude man seen from front, side, and back

Study for "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon"

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 09

Creator namePicasso, Pablo

Creator nationality/cultureSpanish

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1907

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsPen ink on paper

LocationMusée Picasso, Paris

Study for "Les Demoiselles...

Study for "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon"

Bestiary: Unfinished drawing of the capture of the unicorn

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1250–1275

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationFitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Accession numberMcClean Ms. 123, fol. 40v

Bestiary: Unfinished drawing of the...

Bestiary: Unfinished drawing of the capture of the unicorn

Risen Christ with St. Andrew and Longinus

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameMantegna, Andrea

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1470–1475

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsPen and ink and wash

Dimensions13 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (35 x 28.5 cm)

LocationStaatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich

https://emp.graphische-sammlung.mwn.de/eMuseumPlus?service=direct/1/ResultListView/result.t1.collection_list.$TspTitleImageLink.link&sp=10&sp=Scollection&sp=SfieldValue&sp=0&sp=1&sp=3&sp=SdetailList&sp=0&sp=Sdetail&sp=0&sp=F&sp=T&sp=0

Accession numberInv.-Nr. 3065 Z

Risen Christ with St. Andrew and...

Risen Christ with St. Andrew and Longinus

Modello for Chapel of Julius III, San Pietro in Montorio, Rome

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 02

Creator nameVasari, Giorgio

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1550

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsPen and brown ink; brown wash

LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl020002949

Accession numberINV 2198, Recto

Modello for Chapel of Julius III, San...

Modello for Chapel of Julius III, San Pietro in Montorio, Rome

Backcloth for Vitebsk Committee for the Struggle against Unemployment, study

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameMalevich, Kazimir

Creator name (description)Kasimir Malevich and El Lissitzky

Creator nationality/cultureRussian

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1919

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsGouache, watercolor, graphite, and ink on paper

Dimensions19 1/4 x 24 5/8 in. (49 x 62.5 cm)

LocationState Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Backcloth for Vitebsk Committee for the...

Backcloth for Vitebsk Committee for the Struggle against Unemployment, study

Group of Three Nude Men

Posted by:John Carlson

May 04

Creator nameBuonarroti, Michelangelo

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1501–1505

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsBlack chalk on paper

Dimensions12 3/8 x 11 in. (31.5 x 27.8 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1859-0625-564

Accession number1859-6-25-564

Group of Three Nude Men

Study for Poseuses

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 22

Creator nameSeurat, Georges

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Dimensions10 1/4 × 6 1/4 in.

LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris

https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/poseuse-de-profil-10876

Accession numberRF 1947 14

Study for Poseuses

Study for A Bathing Place, Asnières

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 22

Creator nameSeurat, Georges

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1883

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsConté crayon

Dimensions9 7/8 × 12 1/4 in. (24.7 × 31.2 cm)

LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl020031598

Accession numberRF29539

Study for A Bathing Place,...

Study for A Bathing Place, Asnières

Adam's Arms and Hands

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameDürer, Albrecht

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1504

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsPen and brown and black ink

Dimensions8 1/2 x 10 7/8 in. (21.6 x 27.5 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=720606&partId=1

Accession numberSL,5218.181

Adam's Arms and Hands

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