The Car of Love or Love's Wayfaring - Study of Maria Zambaco
1875
Accession number: 1898P49
Pencil on paper.
Width: 139 mm
Height: 158 mm
Information
This head study was used in the two versions of the 'Car of Love' or 'Love's Wayfaring', both of which are unfinished. A charcoal version (c. 1871) in the Falmouth Art Gallery, a compositional study in pencil (c.1898) and the large oil on canvas both in the V & A (begun 1872). In addition to this study, there are three similarly identified female head studies for the 'Car of Love': a head study of Margaret Benson Drummond (1880), another head study of Maria Zambaco with slight variation (1875, see Bonhams Knightsbridge, 'Fine 19th Century European Paintings', 13 June 1996; in 2007 for sale at the Maas Gallery), and a later female head study dated 1895 (Cecil Higgins Art Gallery, Bedford). There are also two figure studies at the Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester (D.1960.70 & 71).
- Presented by an anonymous donor, 1898.
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Makers
| Association | Artist | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | Sir Edward Burne-Jones | - |
Inscriptions
| Type | Position(s) | Method | Date(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E.B.J 1875 | ||||
| Signature and date | bottom right | Incised | 1875 | Pencil. written in the artist's hand |
Exhibitions
| Catalogue No. | Venue | Date(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retrospective Exhibition of British Art | |||
| 22C | Royal Museum of Arts, Brussels | 1929-11-01 - 1929-12-01 | |
| Burne-Jones: dal Preraffaelismo al Simbolismo | |||
| 20 | Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome | 1986-10-07 - 1987-01-03 | |
Literature
| Author(s) | Date(s) | Publisher | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery: Catalogue of the Permanent Collection of Drawings | |||
| A E Whitley | 1939 | Bemrose & Sons Ltd, Derby | p. 103 |
| Hidden Burne-Jones, Works on paper by Edward Burne-Jones from Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery | |||
| Elisa Korb, Tessa Sidey | 2007 | Dan Giles, Ltd., London | p. 63 |
Associated people
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Maria Zambaco | Artist's model |
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