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One of a series of four paintings was based on an episode from William Morris' cycle of epic poems, 'The Earthly Paradise'. The oil paintings in Birmingham's collection, comprise the second series of Pygmalion and the Image. Most scholars agree, based on an excerpt from Georgiana Burne-Jones's 'Memorials', that the head of Pygmalion in Series Two was modelled by W A S Benson in the 1870s. While Antonio Corsi sat as the model for Series One. In Series One, there are four sculptural figures in the background representing the Four Seasons or Horae; in Series Two, there are only three, now the Three Graces. The first series is currently in the collection of Lord Lloyd-Webber.
- Presented by the Trustees of Sir John T Middlemore, 1903.
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
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Association |
Artist |
Organisation |
Artist |
Sir Edward Burne-Jones |
- |
Exhibitions
Catalogue No. |
Venue |
Date(s) |
Exhibition |
170 |
Grosvenor Gallery, London |
1879-01-01 - 1879-01-01 |
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Manchester Royal Jubilee Exhibition |
202 |
Manchester Institution |
1887-05-03 - 1887-10-10 |
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Exhibition of the WEorks of Edward Burne-Jones |
50 |
New Gallery, London |
1892 - 1893 |
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Edward Burne-Jones, 1833-1898 |
134 |
New Gallery, London |
1898-07-16 - 1899-01-01 |
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Loan Exhibition of Works by Ford Madox Brown and the Pre-Raphaelites |
285 |
Manchester City Art Gallery |
1911-09-14 - 1911-11 |
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Works by the English Pre-Raphaelite Painters Lent by the Art Gallery Committee of the Birmingham Corporation |
50 |
Tate Gallery, London |
1911-12 - 1912-03 |
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Edward Burne-Jones Centenary Exhibition |
14d |
Tate Gallery, London |
1933-01-01 - 1933-01-01 |
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Edward Burne-Jones |
95 |
Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield |
1971-01-01 - 1971-01-01 |
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Burne-Jones: The Paintings, Graphic & Decorative Work |
137d |
Hayward Gallery, London |
1975-11-05 - 1976-01-04 |
137d |
Southampton City Art Gallery |
1976-01-24 - 1976-02-22 |
137d |
City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham |
1976-03-10 - 1976-04-11 |
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Burne-Jones: dal preraffaelismo e simbolismo |
36 |
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome |
1986-01-01 - 1987-01-01 |
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Visions of Love & Life |
108 |
Seattle Art Museum |
1995-01-01 - 1995-01-01 |
108 |
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio |
1995-01-01 - 1995-01-01 |
108 |
Delaware Art Museum |
1995-01-01 - 1995-01-01 |
108 |
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas |
1995-01-01 - 1996-01-01 |
108 |
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia |
1996-01-01 - 1996-01-01 |
108 |
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery |
1996-01-01 - 1996-01-01 |
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The Age of Rossetti, Burne-Jones & Watts |
38 (d) |
Tate Gallery, London |
1997-10-16 - 1998-01-04 |
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Edward Burne-Jones |
87d |
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
1998-06-01 - 1998-09-01 |
87d |
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery |
1998-09-01 - 1999-01-01 |
87d |
Musée d'Orsay, Paris |
1999-01-01 - 1999-01-01 |
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Exposed: The Victorian Nude |
133 |
Tate Britain, London |
2001-11-01 - 2002-01-27 |
133 |
Haus der Kunst, Munich |
2002-02-18 - 2002-05-26 |
133 |
Brooklyn Museum of Art |
2002-09-06 - 2003-01-05 |
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Edward Burne-Jones: Pygmalion Series: Centenary Exhibition |
no cat. no. |
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle |
2004-10-02 - 2005-01-16 |
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Literature
Author(s) |
Date(s) |
Publisher |
Pages |
Art Annual Review |
Art Annual Reviewer |
1894 |
Art Annual |
pp. 20-21 |
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Edward Burne-Jones: A Record and Review |
Malcolm Bell |
1892 |
George Bell & Sons, London |
pp. 52, 58-59 |
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Burne-Jones |
Otto von Schleinitz |
1901 |
Berlin |
pp. 71-74 |
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Burne-Jones |
Fortunee de Lisle |
1904 |
Methuen, London |
pp. 118-120 |
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Catalogue of Paintings |
A E Whitley |
1931 |
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery |
P. 28 |
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Burne-Jones |
Bill Waters, Martin Harrison |
1973 |
Barrie & Jenkins |
Pl. 23 |
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Sir Edward Burne-Jones |
Russell Ash |
1993 |
Pavilion Books, London |
Pl. 16 |
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Burne-Jones |
Christopher Wood |
1998 |
Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
pp. 46,49,59, 86, 88 |
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Edward Burne-Jones |
Patrick Bade |
2004 |
Parkstone International |
p. 51/ pl. 31 |
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Edward Burne-Jones |
David Peters Corbett |
2004 |
Tate: British Artists Series |
p. 38/ pl. 28 |
Provenance
Bt from the artist by Frederick Craven; his sale Christie's 18 May 1895 (63), bt Agnew's; Sir John Middlemore |
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