Oil paint on canvas
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Chantrey Bequest
Collection
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Vigil
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1884
actions: postures and motions
adults
altar
architecture
church
cloak
clothing and personal items
column
features
helmet
history
interiors
kneeling
knight
man
objects
people
period: Middle Ages
politics and society
prayer
religion and belief
religious
religious and ceremonial
royalty and social rank
sword
universal religious imagery
weapons
work and occupations
painting oil paint canvas
29 August 2001 – 25 July 2005
2005-07-25
29 August 2001
2001-08-29
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2001-08-29
Art and Victorian Society
Collection based display
The Vigil
support: 1158 × 1703 × 33 mm

Presented by the Trustees of the <a href="/search?gid=999999977" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Chantrey Bequest</a> 1884
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The canvas has been painted using traditional techniques - impasto, glazing and scumbling. The oil medium may contain additives to impart extra transparency.
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The present varnish is moderately discoloured and the restorations are visually adequate at present. The paint and ground layers are inherently unstable. The canvas is lined but the quality of the lining is poor.
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Helen Brett<br/>
October 2000
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Technique and condition
2001-08-08T00:00:00
technique-and-condition
TECHNIQUE_AND_CONDITION_TEXT
actions: postures and motions adults altar architecture church cloak clothing and personal items column features helmet history interiors kneeling knight man objects people period: Middle Ages politics and society prayer religion and belief religious religious and ceremonial royalty and social rank sword universal religious imagery weapons work and occupations