... of the Royal Academy in London, Poynter received most of his training in Rome where he closely studied the works of Michelangelo. "Poynter was an outstanding draughtsman in the academic tradition, who loved drawing for its own sake, and he made numerous fluent studies, many of them in black chalk, for each of his paintings." Furthermore, Poynter painted mostly religious and biblical figures, ... although "Despite impeccable Academic credentials, Poynter's work was surprisingly wide in range and eclectic influences [He] was closely connected with the Pre-Raphaelite circle." This image, w...

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