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Edmund Joseph Sullivan
1869-1933
Once more he began his impious praises of Gabriella's beauty
1907
Pen and black ink and pencil, on illustration board.
10 9/16 x 7 1/4 inches (268 x 183 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1376
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Title from published caption.
Original drawing for an illustration for A.C. Farqharson's translation of La Motte Fouqué's Sintram & his companions, London : Methuen & Co., 1908, p. 178 (facing).
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Signed and dated at lower right in pen and black ink, "Edmund J. Sullivan /07"; inscribed in pen on verso, "Sintram. Once more he began his impious praises of Gabriella's beauty. Sintram. Repro Thorpe p. 79."
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows Sintram astride his horse with the Devil seated behind him, his dog at his side, and the figure of Death before him, in a composition directly inspired by Dürer's "The knight, Death, and the Devil."
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