Study for 'The Centurion's Servant'
Artist: Sir Stanley Spencer (1891 - 1959)
Location: Fitzwilliam Museum
Date: 1913-1914
Materials: oil on board, squared for transfer
Dimensions: 27.5 x 27.5cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £15,000 (Total: £45,000)
Vendor: Fine Art Society
Review number: 5242 (2003)
Provenance:
Given by the artist to James Wood; by 2001 with the Fine Art Society.
Description:
This is to the study for one of Spencer's most important early compositions in which he visualised a Biblical narrative in terms of his own childhood memories. Christ's miracle is located in the maid's bedroom of the Spencer family's home, with his own siblings serving as the actors.
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