Compositional study, for 'A pavane'

Abbey, Edwin Austin (1852-1911)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

ca. 1895-1897

Height:

30.5 cm  (12 in.)

Width:

60.6 cm  (23 7/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Description

Painting includes images of women in ball gowns dancing, men in tights dancing (one with a hooded mantle), and a man in a dark cope or other vestment; background includes a center staircase.

Iconclass

43A23
ball, formal dance
41A34
staircase
43C9
dancing
41D2
clothes, costume
41D211(BALL GOWN)
dress, gown: ball gown
41D221(HOOD)
head-gear: hood

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 6106, 6107, 6109, 6110, 6111, 6112, 6113.

RIdIM record id

6108