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| Keywords: John William Waterhouse - Study for the Head of Venus in The Awakening of Adonis.jpg Artwork en <u>See source </u> The present sketch demonstrates Waterhouse ™s vigorous and confident way of painting the head of Venus appearing to evolve from the expressive brushstrokes of paint He had reused a canvas bearing the sketch for the putto on the far left of the finished painting ™s composition When the sketch was sold at Christie ™s in 1926 following the artist ™s death its connection to The Awakening of Adonis was not recognised and it was titled A Wood Nymph date oil on canvas cm 49 36 place of discovery object history The artist ™s widow Mrs Esther Waterhouse by whom sold Christie ™s London 23 July 1926 ˜The Remaining works of the Late J W Waterhouse Esq R A ™ lot 64 to Gooden Fox London; <br /> Christie ™s London 11 June 1993 lot 109 where purchased by the present owner exhibition history credit line accession number place of creation http //www sothebys com/content/sothebys/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2016/victorian-pre-raphaelite-british-impressionist-l16133/lot 15 html Sotheby's London 15 December 2016 lot 15 Waterhouse John William - The Awakening of Adonis jpg The Awakening of Adonis - John William Waterhouse 1899 jpg Custom license marker 2016 12 09 PD-old-auto-1923 1917 Images from Sotheby's Mythological paintings by John William Waterhouse Studies by John William Waterhouse Venus dea | ||||
