The Flower Book - Golden Shower
1905
Accession number: 1953P5.18
Colour facsimile. Collotype print.
Information
A page from the facsimile edition of Burne-Jones' Flower Book, one of 38 watercolour designs reproduced by Henri Piazza et Cie, for the Fine Art Society, London in 1905.Uerscheln states that this image refers to the pudding-pipe tree (Cassia fistula), but there is a flower native to Europe called the golden shower orchid (Oncidium). Burne-Jones was fond of depicting scenes of Danae, as in his various 'Danae and the Brazen Tower' pictures (Ashmolean Museum, circa 1867; Glasgow Art Museum, 1887-88). This image differs in that it shows Danae actually within the confines of the tower itself, rather than the girl staring at the instrument of her imprisonment being constructed.
- Purchased, 1953.
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Makers
| Association | Artist | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | Sir Edward Burne-Jones | - |
Inscriptions
| Type | Position(s) | Method | Date(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danae in the Brazen Tower. | ||||
| Label | - | Printed | - | description of the scene, written by the artist. printed by the artist, herein a facsimile |
Literature
| Author(s) | Date(s) | Publisher | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Flower Book. | |||
| Edward Burne-Jones | 1994 | Taschen | Pl. XVIII |
| Hidden Burne-Jones, Works on paper by Edward Burne-Jones from Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery | |||
| 2007 | Dan Giles, Ltd., London | p. 73 | |
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graphicCreated by Nadezhda Pavlova
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