| Description | Pencil and grey wash studies, with the inscription 'Blake, Aged Ignorance, Gates of Paradise', and signed Von Holst, 1828-1830.
Verso: male head which is a copy of a figure featured in Raphael's painting The Transfiguration from 1523; composition for a death scene; nude figure hanging from a rope; and a figure with outstretched arm.
Recto: composition for a picture with figures; female figure in medieval dress which appears in other pieces of Von Holst's work; winged figure with rising sun behind; and an old man with a flowing beard. |