File:John William Waterhouse - Study for the Head of Venus in The Awakening of Adonis.jpg
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| Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: See source: The present sketch demonstrates Waterhouse’s vigorous and confident way of painting, the head of Venus appearing to evolve from the expressive brushstrokes of paint. He had reused a canvas bearing the sketch for the putto on the far left of the finished painting’s composition. When the sketch was sold at Christie’s in 1926, following the artist’s death its connection to The Awakening of Adonis was not recognised and it was titled A Wood Nymph. |
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| Date | Unknown date | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 49 cm (19.2 in); width: 36 cm (14.1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The artist’s widow, Mrs. Esther Waterhouse, by whom sold Christie’s, London, 23 July 1926, ‘The Remaining works of the Late J.W. Waterhouse, Esq., R.A.’, lot 64, to Gooden & Fox, London; Christie’s, London, 11 June 1993, lot 109, where purchased by the present owner |
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| Source/Photographer | Sotheby's, London, 15 December 2016, lot 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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