Edward Burne-Jones

Literature

introduction by Gary Tinterow, Masterpieces of European Painting, 1800-1920, in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; New Haven, 2007, nr. 71

Provenance

William Graham, London, 1878–died 1885
his estate sale, Christie's, London, 3 April 1886, nr. 163, to Agnew
with Agnew, London, 1886, sold to Ruston
Joseph Ruston, Monk's Manor, Lincoln, 1886–died 1897
his estate sale, Christie's, London, 21 May 1898, nr. 25, to Agnew
with Agnew, London, 1898, sold to Ismay
Thomas Henry Ismay, Dawpool, Thurstaston, Wirral, Chester, 1898–died 1899
his son, James Hainsworth Ismay, The Cottage, Bambridge, Isle of Wight, 1899–died 1930
Mrs. James H. Ismay, 1930–45, sold to Williams
with Williams & Son, London, 1945–47, sold to MMA

External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 47.26

Other works by Edward Coley Burne-Jones

The mirror of Venus
1870-76

The Doom Fulfilled
1885-88

Temperantia
1872

The arming of Perseus
1885-88