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a Sleeping Womans Head possibly Rose Bower in Briar Rose
Bequeathed by A.N. MacNicholl 1916
actions: processes and functions
adults
body
head / face
individuals: female
people
portraits
sleeping
woman
<p>The story of the Sleeping Beauty had an enduring fascination for Burne-Jones, who read it in Charles Perrault's 'Contes du Temps Passé'. During the early 1870s he worked on a set of three paintings for his important patron William Graham, which he planned to re-work on a larger scale. After the completion of this first set, he designed a fourth subject, 'The Garden Court', to which the drawings exhibited here are related. The two larger studies were executed at the end of the 1880s, prior to the exhibition of the four large 'Briar Rose' canvases in 1890. The finished paintings were acquired by the first Lord Faringdon for Buscot Park in Oxfordshire (now owned by the National Trust).</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite
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
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Study of a Sleeping Woman’s Head, possibly for ‘The Rose Bower’ in the ‘Briar Rose’ Series
support: 274 × 222 mm
Bequeathed by A.N. MacNicholl 1916
<p>The story of the Sleeping Beauty had an enduring fascination for Burne-Jones, who read it in Charles Perrault's 'Contes du Temps Passé'. During the early 1870s he worked on a set of three <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>paintings</span></a> for his important patron William Graham, which he planned to re-work on a larger scale. After the completion of this first set, he designed a fourth subject, 'The Garden Court', to which the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawings</span></a> exhibited here are related. The two larger studies were executed at the end of the 1880s, prior to the exhibition of the four large 'Briar Rose' <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/canvas" title="Glossary definition for 'Canvas'"><span>canvases</span></a> in 1890. The finished paintings were acquired by the first Lord Faringdon for Buscot Park in Oxfordshire (now owned by the National Trust).</p>
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actions: processes and functions adults body head / face individuals: female people portraits sleeping woman