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Head of a monk

Oil Painting
ca. 1841-ca. 1842 (painted)
Artist/Maker

An oil painting of a monk leaning out of a window and looking to the left.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleHead of a monk (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Brief description
Oil Painting, 'Head of a monk', William Etty RA, ca. 1841-ca. 1842
Physical description
An oil painting of a monk leaning out of a window and looking to the left.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 30.5cm
  • Estimate width: 26.6cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Styles
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Chauncey Hare Townshend
Object history
Bequeathed by Rev. Chauncey Hare Townshend, 1868
Production
Denis Farr dates this study to about 1841-2, based on Etty's two visits to a Trappist monastery near Antwerp where he bought a monk's habit for use as a studio prop.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 84
Collection
Accession number
1392-1869

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Record createdSeptember 21, 2006
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