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By Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, After Benozzo Gozzoli, After Giuseppe Rossi
Upper left, sketch of a man with hands in prayer attitude (1); Upper centre, sketch of a male figure with his hand in a muff (2); Upper right, sketch of a figure holding a staff (3); Centre left, sketch of a hand holding a glove (4); Centre, sketch of a head with a crown upon it( 5); Centre right, sketch of a figure of a man with his hand on the head of a young boy (6); Lower left, sketch of a female figure holding a scroll (7)
pencil on paper
1859
Dimensions: 28.5 cm x 22.8 cm
Collection Categories
Drawings and studies, Works on Paper / Vellum
upper left; graphite; Campo Santo / Benozzo Gozzoli ; to left of figure in (1); graphite; (C-en--) ; to right of figure in (1); graphite; lake; with a
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Originally mounted in an album (No. 1084), from which leaf 1 was not illustrated and leaf 2 was missing.

Upper left, sketch of a man with hands in prayer attitude(1); Upper centre, sketch of a male figure with his hand in a muff(2); Upper right, sketch of a figure holding a staff(3); Centre left, sketch of a hand holding a glove(4); Centre, sketch of a head with a crown upon it(5); Centre right, sketch of a figure of a man with his hand on the head of a young boy(6); Lower left, sketch of a female figure holding a scroll(7)

(1) This figure is a copy of the figure to the left of the second column at the left of the painting 'Curse of Ham' at the Campo Santo Piza. (Stokes: Gozzoli). (3) This figure is a copy of the far left foreground figure from the 'Adoration of the Magi' (Rossi, Giuseppe; fig. 41) (6) This figure group is a copy of the central foreground figure group from 'The Fall of Sodom' (Rossi, figure 28) (7) This figure is a copy of the figure, fourth from the left of the lower left figure group, from the 'Birth of Esau. (Rossi, figure 31).

Inscription(s):
; upper left; graphite; Campo Santo / Benozzo Gozzoli
; to left of figure in (1); graphite; (C-en--)
; to right of figure in (1); graphite; lake; with a line leading to the left-hand side of the garment
; surrounding figure in (2), in clockwise direction; graphite; yellow hair, white, brown fur, lake, lake(sleeve), white, lake, blue, white
; surrounding figure in (3); graphite; blue, yellow, blue, yellow, blue, yellow, faint venet
; far right; graphite; Shepherds dress
; surrounding sketch (5), clockwise; graphite; gold, red hair, white coa
; to right of group in (6); graphite; from the fall of Sodom
; surrounding group in (6), clockwise; graphite; olive, green, white fur, green & olive green, blue, blue & white furs, brown, grass green, olive, white fur
; to right of figure in (7); linen, Birth of Esau, lake, linen.

12/03/2019

(1) This figure is a copy of the figure to the left of the second column at the left of the painting 'Curse of Ham' at the Campo Santo Piza. (Stokes: Gozzoli). (3) This figure is a copy of the far left foreground figure from the 'Adoration of the Magi, Gozzoli (Rossi, Giuseppe; fig. 41) (6) This figure group is a copy of the central foreground figure group from The Fall of Sodom, Gozzoli (Rossi, figure 28) (7) This figure is a copy of the figure, fourth from the left of the lower left figure group, from the Birth of Eseau, Gozzoli (Rossi, figure 31).

The Fitzwilliam Museum
07/10/2021

Reading from left to right
First figure: Camposanto Benozzo Gozzoli
..... (?)
lake
Second figure: yellow hair
white
brown fur
lake
lake ....(?)
white
lake
white
blue (?)

Third figure: shepherd's dress
blue
golden
blue
golden
blue
yellow
...(?)

Queen's head: gold
...(?)
...(?)
Woman holding a scroll: linen
birth of Esaw
lake
linen
Figure with the boy: white fur
olive
.... (?) green
brown
blue & white fur(?)
blue
olive green
from the fall of Sodom
white fur
green & olive green

19/10/2021
Owner Dates Owned Further Info. and Accession no. circa
Margaret Burne-Jones (Mrs John William Mackail) 1898-1923
Sir Philip William Burne-Jones 1898-1923
The Fitzwilliam Museum 1923 - Present 1084.4 From the artist's children, Sir Philip Burne-Jones, and Mrs Mackail.
Exhibition Catalogue no, Page no, Illustration no. Institution/Venue People From To
Morris and Kelmscott cat. no. 34 West Surrey College of Art and Design, Farnham - Farnham and Guildford Schools of Art - UCA Farnham November 2004 December 2004
Title Author/Editor Year Page No. & Illustrations Attachments
Pitture a fresco del camposanto di Pisa Giuseppe Rossi, Giovanni Paolo Lasinio 1832
figs. 28, 31, 41
Benozzo Gozzoli Hugh Stokes 1904
Burne-Jones, Fairfax Murray and Siena David Duncan Robinson 1975
p. 348 No. 165, note 3, p. 350
Burne-Jones' Second Italian Journey - Apollo November 1975 John Christian 1975
p. 334, 336 And 337, Note to page 337.
Two Early Altarpieces by Burne-Jones, Apollo 1975 Ronald Parkinson 1975
p. 322
The Last Pre-Raphaelite, Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination Fiona MacCarthy 2011
Illus pl. XXII betwee-214, 216-224, 229-232, 234-325, 237-240, 242, 244-252, 254-255, 257, 259-262, 264-269, 270-276, 278- n pp. 358-359 and pls. 3, 13, 15, 21, 25, 30, 31, 32, 33 between pp. 486-487 and in the text pp. 2, 43, 50, 71, 87, 112, 135, 192, 203, 238, 248-249, 256, 268, 329, 330, 371, 425, 439, 449, 466 pp. 1-17, 20-24, 26-66, 68-71, 75-93, 95-116, 120-122, 124-132, 134-150, 153-154, 156-168, 170, 172-177, 179-193, 198-191, 194-203, 205, 207279, 281-307, 309-312-317, 319-321, 323-347, 357-361, 363-384, 387-389, 395, 398-400, 402, 405-416, 418-436, 437-445, 451-462, 464-472, 478-481, 483, 485, 487-489, 491-501, 504-517, 522-523, 525-530, 534


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