The Rape of Proserpine
1883
Accession number: 1927P446
Pencil with some red chalk on cream paper.
Width: 321 mm
Height: 199 mm
Information
John Ruskin's commissioned Burne-Jones to paint the subject in 1883. The study depicts scenes of chaos and an earthquake as Proserpine is carried off by Pluto while her maids flee in terror. A popular subject in Renaissance art and it is surprising that Burne-Jones hadn't depicted it until the early 1880's.
- Bequeathed by James Richardson Holliday, 1927.
- © 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 | ||||
| Initials | bottom right | Handwritten | 1883 | In pencil. in the artist's hand |
Exhibitions
| Catalogue No. | Venue | Date(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exhibition of the Works of Edward Burne-Jones | |||
| 139 | New Gallery, London | 1892 - 1892 | |
| Exhibiton of Drawings and Studies by Sir Edward Burne-Jones | |||
| 32 | Burlington Fine Arts Club | 1899 - 1899 | |
| Coronation Exhibition | |||
| 119 | Royal Society of British Artists | 1937 - 1937 | |
| English Eye | |||
| 7 | Midland Area Travelling Exhibition | 1958 - 1958 | |
| Pre-Raffaeliten | |||
| 46 | Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum, Hagen, Germany | 1968 - 1968 | |
| Burne-Jones: The Paintings, Graphic and Decorative Work | |||
| 323 | Hayward Gallery, London | 1975-11-05 - 1976-01-04 | |
| 323 | Southampton City Art Gallery | 1976-01-24 - 1976-02-22 | |
| 323 | Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery | 1976-03-10 - 1976-04-11 | |
| John Ruskin and the Victorian Eye | |||
| 219 | Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo | 1993-02-25 - 1993- 03-30 | |
| 219 | Ishibashi Museum of Art, Kurume | 1993-04-04 - 1993-05-09 | |
| 219 | Narasogo Museum of Art, Nara | 1993-05-12 - 1993-06-06 | |
| 219 | Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Art, Utsunomiya | 1993-06-13 - 1993-08-15 | |
| Visions of Love and Life | |||
| 112 | Seattle Art Museum | 1995-03-09 - 1995-05-07 | |
| 112 | Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio | 1995-05-27 - 1995-07-16 | |
| 112 | Delaware Art Museum | 1995-08-11 - 1995-10-15 | |
| 112 | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston | 1995-11-04 - 1996-01-02 | |
| 112 | High Museum of Art, Atlanta | 1996-01-23 - 1996-04-10 | |
| 112 | Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery | 1996-05-25 - 1996-09-29 | |
| Ruskin and The Persephone Myth | |||
| no cat. no, p.49 | Ruskin Library, Lancaster University | 2007-10-27 - 2007-12-21 | |
Literature
| Author(s) | Date(s) | Publisher | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Some Studies by Edward Burne-Jones | |||
| The Studio Art Critic | 1898 | The Studio | Vol. XIV: p. 43 (repro) |
| The Works of John Ruskin | |||
| John Ruskin | 1903 | London | Vol. XXXVII: p. 437 |
| Memorials of Edward Burne-Jones | |||
| Lady Georgiana Burne-Jones | 1904 | Macmillan, London | Vol. II: pp. 129-30 |
| City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery: Catalogue of the Permanent Collection of Drawings | |||
| A E Whitley | 1939 | Bemrose & Sons Ltd, Derby | p. 115 |
| Hidden Burne-Jones, Works on paper by Edward Burne-Jones from Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery | |||
| 2007 | Dan Giles Ltd., London | p. 78 | |
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