Drawing of a standing female figure, identified as a study of a cast of an Hellenistic sculpture known as 'Juno'. Inscribed upper right (handwritten in ink): '85', and to lower left (handwritten in pencil: 'NB The Girdle / under ye Breasts / to be a little higher', and to lower right: 'French Acady. 31st March / 1775'. Also inscribed along pedestal (handwritten in ink): 'Juno'. Made by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734 - 1797), 1775. Pen and ink over pencil on laid paper. Displayed in a cream window mount.

Exhibitions:

Title: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734-1797: Bicentenary Exhibition
Venue: Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Dates: from 21/06/1997 to 28/09/1997

Publications

Title: Joseph Wright of Derby 1734 - 1797
Sub-Title: An introduction to the work of Joseph Wright of Derby with a catalogue of drawings held by Derby Museum and Art Gallery. Published on the occasion of an exhibition commemorating the Bicentenary of the artist's death.
Published Place: Derby
Published Year: 1997

Related People

Joseph Wright of Derby (Artist)
Display Date: British, 1734 - 1797
Nationality: British
Biography: Artist.
Juno (Content)

Study of 'Juno', after the Antique

Date: 31.03.1775

Medium: Pen and ink over pencil on laid paper.

Object Type:	Drawing
Dimensions:	Support: 578 × 359 mm (22 3/4 × 14 1/8 in.)
Description:	During his training under Hudson, Wright concentrated heavily on the delicate rendering of drapery. Many beautiful early drawings attest to the degree of skill he acquired in this aspect of draughtsmanship. Here too, Wright apparently delighted in the rendering of the complex folds of drapery, skilfully suggesting the mass of the underlying figure purely through line. The Statue itself is in the Capitoline (Hellenistic). The identity of the figure is uncertain, despite 'Juno' inscription, it may be Persephone. [Baker, George in Wallis, J. 'Joseph Wright of Derby' (1997), p.93.]
Inscriptions:	Inscribed upper right (handwritten in ink): '85', and to lower left (handwritten in pencil: 'NB The Girdle / under ye Breasts / to be a little higher', and to lower right: 'French Acady. 31st March / 1775'. Also inscribed along pedestal (handwritten in ink): 'Juno'.
Provenance:	...; William Bemrose of Derby; by descent to his son, Charles Lloyd Bemrose, by whom donated to Derby Museums in 1914.
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Item Ref:	1914-517/84