Compositional study, possibly for 'A pavane'

Abbey, Edwin Austin (1852-1911)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

ca. 1895-1897

Height:

61.0 cm  (24 in.)

Width:

30.5 cm  (12 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Description

Two female figures in formal dress are facing a broad staircase and, at its top, another female figure and a figure in a dark cope or other vestment, with his right arm raised.

Iconclass

43A23
ball, formal dance
41A34
staircase
41D2
clothes, costume
41D211(BALL GOWN)
dress, gown: ball gown

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

This item is part of a group of works within the Edwin Austin Abbey Memorial Collection at Yale. Individually numbered 1937.2309 through 1937.2316, all are possibly or specifically related to Abbey's painting "A Pavane," held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (RIdIM item 5920). See also RIdIM items 6107, 6108, 6109, 6110, 6111, 6112, 6113.

RIdIM record id

6106