Sketch of the three female figures of the Greek Fates (Moirae) shown spinning and cutting thread: probably taken from an Italian Renaissance painting or fresco Country Italy Subject Date 1500 Image Date 1830 Style Renaissance Medium Drawing Library Reference PB342[4]28 Orientation Landscape Colour Info Colour Credit RIBA Collections Subject Human figure ; Frescoes
NOTES: This drawing is one of a number of sketches of Italian paintings, sculpture, Medieval and Renaissance costume and miscellaneous tracings by Godwin from an album containing items relating to architecture and ornament. Alfred George Stevens travelled to Italy in 1834 where he spent nine years studying the frescoes and paintings of the Old Masters. In the early 1840s, after attending a design course at the Florentine Academy, he returned to London.
Licence Type --- Advertising And Promotion Editorial Display Digital Media Broadcast Merchandising Description Of Usage * Please describe how you will use the image including publication or exhibition title.