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Nude study
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
Study from a Flemish Tapestry entitled ‘The Redemption of Man’
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
The study is based on a segment of a Flemish tapestry of the 16th Century entitled ‘The Redemption of Man’ (other names: The Seven Deadly Sins or Conflict of Virtues and Vice), which is located at Hampton Court Palace. In the study, Homo, accompanied by Luxuria, is assailed by Justitia with her sword. Justitia is held and restrained by Misericordia. Whilst the foreground figures and landscape are based on the tapestry the background of hills and trees has been altered significantly from the tapestry. The tapestry is believed to have been purchased by Cardinal Wolsey in 1522 and was one of a set which comprised nine pieces (six wall hangings and three window pieces). The 1522-23 inventory of Wolsey’s goods suggests they were hung in Wolsey’s chamber, the ‘legates chamber’, for which they were probably made given their unusual dimensions. However, during the 19th and 20th Centuries they are recorded as being located in the Great Watching Chamber. Royal Collections Trust inventory no: RCIN 1271.1. The gardens and state apartments at Hampton Court were opened to the public free of charge by Queen Victoria in 1838 and it is therefore very likely that Evelyn saw the tapestry in situ. Thanks to Calista Aston of the University of Auckland, New Zealand for her research to find the attribution of the study.
Study of Botticelli’s ‘Primavera’.
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
Copied from ‘Primavera’ by Botticelli in the Uffizi.
Hero watching for Leander
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
Study of heads of mother and child, Madonna and Child after Botticelli
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
Study of drapery
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
Study of standing male nude, possibly reading a book
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
Study of standing male nude, one arm raised
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
Study of classical statue, Ares, God of War, with Eros, God of Love at his foot. From Ludovisi Villa, Rome
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
Study of classical statue, Ares, God of War, with Eros, God of Love at his foot. From Ludovisi Villa, Rome. Information about the statue at :http://www.gutenberg.org/files/34842/34842-h/34842-h.htm#X. Pencil inscription recto, bottom right, query “Ci Lo”.
