Geoffrey Chaucer
Summary
Painting depicting a left hand profile perspective bust portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer, with downcast eyes, surrounded by a wreath of laurel leaves. There are two Canterbury Pilgrims on horseback, one of which is the Wife of Bath on the right. The other, on the left, is a pilgrim. The bust contains no colour, but the laurel wreath is highly coloured in various shades of green. Some aquamarine blue detailing extends from the wreath to cover the background.
Object Name
Geoffrey Chaucer
Creators Name
Date Created
1800-1803
Dimensions
unframed: 42.5cm x 63.7cm
framed: 52.6cm x 73.7cm
accession number
1885.4
Place of creation
England
Support
canvas
Medium
tempera
Legal
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