Preliminary Sketch for "The Death of Cleopatra"
Datec. 1870
Artist
Valentine Cameron Prinsep
(English painter, 1838–1904)
MediumGraphite and chalk on blue paper
Dimensions6 7/8 × 8 3/4 in. (17.5 × 22.2 cm)
frame: 18 3/4 × 22 1/2 in. (47.6 × 57.2 cm)
frame: 18 3/4 × 22 1/2 in. (47.6 × 57.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mark Samuels Lasner, 1988
Object number1988-87
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextGeorge Frederic Watts encouraged Val Prinsep to become an artist and gave him entrée into the Pre-Raphaelite circle. Prinsep, the son of one of Watts’ wealthy patrons, the Thoby Prinseps, trained in Paris and spent additional time studying in Italy. His mature work, which is classical in style and shows an interest in the High Renaissance, is reflective of the Aesthetic Movement. The subject and purpose of this drawing, which came from the artist’s estate, are unknown.
