Two pencil studies of hands on brown toned paper, one reaching across the upper left and one lower right, with white highlights.

Studies for a Hand in The Godhead Fires

Two studies of hands, one reaching across the upper left and another lower right, drawn in graphite or charcoal with white highlights on warm brown toned paper. The fingers are slender and loosely outlined, with soft shading along the wrist and back of the hand.

Artist: Edward Burne-Jones
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Source: Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size: 1920 × 1823 px

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Public domain · Edward Burne-Jones died 1898 and the work is undated, so made by the creator's death in 1898; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: CC0

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Edward Burne-Jones, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

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