A female figure holding a palm
Datenot dated
Artist
Charles Fairfax Murray
(British painter, collector, dealer, 1849–1919)
MediumOil on panel
Dimensions13 1/2 × 7 3/8 in. (34.3 × 18.7 cm)
frame: 17 3/8 × 11 in. (44.1 × 27.9 cm)
frame: 17 3/8 × 11 in. (44.1 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 2021
Object number2021-32
On View
On viewCollections
ClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextThis figure of a female saint may have been intended for the decorative scheme of the Green Dining Room at what is today the Victoria and Albert Museum. It was an important commission for the young firm. Fairfax Murray was a studio assistant to both Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
