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Disentombment Queen Matilda
Purchased 1945
actions: expressive
actions: postures and motions
adults
architecture
arm / arms raised
attacking
body
book - non-specific
Caen, Church of the Holy Trinity
church
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
clothing and personal items
comforting
contorted
corpse
countries and continents
crime and punishment
crowd
de Montmorenci, Anna
fine arts and music
France
French Calvinism, 1562
gesticulating
Gothic
gravestone / tomb
groups
hiding
history
iconoclasm
illuminated manuscript
individuals: female
interiors
Judaeo-Christian imagery
kneeling
literature (not Shakespeare)
literature and fiction
looking down
man
medieval
named individuals
nun
objects
people
periods and styles
persecution
places
portraits
reading, writing, printed matter
recoiling
religion and belief
religious
religious
religious
religious and ceremonial
ring
sculpture
social comment
society
Strickland, Agnes, ‘Live of the Queens of England’
supporting
vandalism
woman
work and occupations
paper unique ink
21 January 2002 – 21 September 2002
2002-09-21
21 January 2002 – 21 September 2002
2002-09-21
2002-01-21
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2002-01-21
Rossetti and Medievalism
Collection based display
12 July 2003 – 15 August 2004
2004-08-15
12 July 2003 – 28 September 2003
2003-09-28
2003-07-12
Art Gallery of Western Australia (Perth, Australia)
25 October 2003 – 15 February 2004
2004-02-15
2003-10-25
Dunedin Public Art Gallery (Dunedin, New Zealand)
http://www.dunedin.art.museum
14 May 2004 – 15 August 2004
2004-08-15
2004-05-14
Frist Center for the Visual Arts (Nashville, USA)
2003-07-12
The Pre-Raphaelite Dream: Paintings and Drawings from the Tate Collection
Tate partnerships & programmes
26 September 2007 – 26 October 2008
2008-10-26
26 September 2007 – 13 January 2008
2008-01-13
2007-09-26
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
15 February 2008 – 18 May 2008
2008-05-18
2008-02-15
Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/
7 June 2008 – 17 August 2008
2008-08-17
2008-06-07
Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art (Kitakyushu-City, Japan)
30 August 2008 – 26 October 2008
2008-10-26
2008-08-30
Bunkamura Museum of Art (Tokyo, Japan)
2007-09-26
Millais
Exhibition
15 February 2008 – 26 October 2008
2008-10-26
15 February 2008 – 18 May 2008
2008-05-18
2008-02-15
Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/
7 June 2008 – 17 August 2008
2008-08-17
2008-06-07
Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art (Kitakyushu-City, Japan)
30 August 2008 – 26 October 2008
2008-10-26
2008-08-30
Bunkamura Museum of Art (Tokyo, Japan)
2008-02-15
Millais
Loan-out
12 September 2012 – 31 January 2014
2014-01-31
12 September 2012 – 13 January 2013
2013-01-13
2012-09-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
25 January 2014 – 6 April 2014
2014-04-06
2014-01-25
Mori Arts Centre (Tokyo, Japan)
19 April 2014 – 13 July 2014
2014-07-13
2014-04-19
Palazzo Chiablese (Turin, Italy)
2012-09-12
Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde
Exhibition
17 February 2013 – 31 August 2014
2014-08-31
25 January 2014 – 6 April 2014
2014-04-06
2014-01-25
Mori Arts Centre (Tokyo, Japan)
19 April 2014 – 13 July 2014
2014-07-13
2014-04-19
Palazzo Chiablese (Turin, Italy)
2013-02-17
Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde
Loan-out
20 April 2015 – 7 May 2017
2017-05-07
1 March 2015 – 7 May 2017
2017-05-07
2015-03-01
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2015-04-20
Pre Raphaelite Works on Paper
Collection based display
14 December 2018 – 19 September 2021
2021-09-19
19 June 2019 – 6 October 2019
2019-10-06
2019-06-19
Palazzo Reale (Milan, Italy)
13 May 2021 – 19 September 2021
2021-09-19
2021-05-13
Hungarian National Gallery (Budapest, Hungary)
2018-12-14
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Tate partnerships & programmes
The Disentombment of Queen Matilda
support: 229 × 429 mm
Purchased 1945
<p><span>Pen and ink drawing.  The scene depicts a church interior with rows of kneeling nuns in the left hand side, a stricken looking female Sister nun stands in the centre as the tomb of Queen Matilda is opened up by a group of civilians and soldiers who are carrying out acts of iconoclasm.</span>
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<br/><span>The support is a cream, wove, rag, European paper that is in good condition.  There is some light discolouration overall, with darker staining down the right hand edge.  The media is in good condition.  The drawing has been executed with very fine pen lines.  Most of the figures are delineated with precise clean lines, with areas of very close cross-hatching to create areas of shadow.  The effect is similar to a drypoint/intaglio print.  </span>
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<br/><span>Katherine Lockett</span>
<br/><span>April 2003</span>
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Technique and condition
2003-11-05T00:00:00
technique-and-condition
TECHNIQUE_AND_CONDITION_TEXT
actions: expressive actions: postures and motions adults architecture arm / arms raised attacking body book - non-specific Caen, Church of the Holy Trinity church cities, towns, villages (non-UK) clothing and personal items comforting contorted corpse countries and continents crime and punishment crowd de Montmorenci, Anna fine arts and music France French Calvinism, 1562 gesticulating Gothic gravestone / tomb groups hiding history iconoclasm illuminated manuscript individuals: female interiors Judaeo-Christian imagery kneeling literature and fiction literature (not Shakespeare) looking down man medieval named individuals nun objects people periods and styles persecution places portraits reading, writing, printed matter recoiling religion and belief religious religious religious religious and ceremonial ring sculpture social comment society Strickland, Agnes, ‘Live of the Queens of England’ supporting vandalism woman work and occupations