Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt., ARA, RWS (British, 1833-1898)


Study of the hands of the Graiae from Perseus and the Graiae bears inscription 'Hands of Gorgons/Perseus Series.' (lower right); bears inscription '27' (upper right)pencil27.2 x 17.9cm (10 11/16 x 7 1/16in).
|ProvenanceProperty of a Charitable Trust.These studies relate to the hands of the Graiae in Perseus and the Graiae, which is the second composition in the 'Perseus Series'. This exists in three versions: the preparatory gouache in Southampton Art Gallery; the sculpted version against a wooden background and with gilded lettering, now in the National Museum of Wales; and the oil version in the Stuttgart Staatsgalerie. All were worked on over the period 1875-92.