Compositional study, for 'A pavane'

Abbey, Edwin Austin (1852-1911)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

ca. 1895-1897

Height:

61.0 cm  (24 in.)

Width:

120.7 cm  (47 1/2 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Description

Colorful version of previously sketched images, showing dancing figures, and distant musicians (without sharp definition)

Iconclass

43C9
dancing
48C7532
small group of musicians

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Stringed instruments [3101]

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, 6108, 6109, 6110, 6111, 6113.

RIdIM record id

6112