LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

24.61 in. (62.50 cm.) (height) by 24.61 in. (62.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'CCC E.J.P. LXXXIX', in the mosaic

Exhibited:

Royal Academy, 1889, no. 291

Literature:

Magazine of Art, 1889, p. 271; Art Journal, 1889, p. 217; Cosmo Monkhouse, Sir Edward John Poynter, P.R.A., in Easter Art Annual, 1897, illus. frontispiece; Joseph Kestner, Mythology and Misogyny, 1989, p. 222

Provenance:

Mrs Renton, 1897; London, Sotheby's, 8th November 1995, lot 234; Private collection