According to the inscription, Burne-Jones produced his parody of Rubens spontaneously after an evening of conversation on art with friends. His pastiche of Durer's Nemesis of 1521 also dates from 1888. Both drawings. offer an insight into the divergence of aesthetic ideals between the late nineteenth century and the art of the past They also relate to John Christian's research on Burne-Jones's 'informal caricature sketches' · discussed in Edward Burne-Jones, The Hidden Humourist (2011). British Museum label 2019