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Edward Burne-Jones

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Painting of a woman playing an organ in a garden, with a seated armored man and a winged red-robed figure beside her.

The Love Song

1868-77

Soft-toned landscape study of a dark wooded hillside, a small cottage among trees, and a green meadow under a pale sky.

Landscape - Study

1863

Painting of a blue-robed pilgrim gesturing to a green-gowned woman with a rose crown at a garden gate beside a water channel.

The Pilgrim at the Gate of Idleness

1884

Woman in green robe reaches toward a barred window, holding blossoms, with a chain at her ankle and a town beyond.

Hope

1896

Woman with auburn hair in a black braided gown seated in an interior, with a small scene of a figure in black in the backgrou

Sidonia von Bork

1860

Painting of King Arthur on a bier under a golden canopy, surrounded by mourning women in a flowered garden setting.

The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon

1881

Painting of a kneeling armoured knight embracing a crucified figure with a crown of thorns beside a discarded helmet and swor

The Merciful Knight

1863

Painting of three wind-swept women in flowing robes above a path, with a woman in a dark gown walking beside white lilies.

Sponsa de Libano

1891

Nativity scene with Mary and infant Christ in a thatched shelter, an angel holding a star, and three kings offering gifts.

The Star of Bethlehem

1885

Painting of a woman in blue reading a book beside an old man reclining among white blossoming trees and irises.

The Beguiling of Merlin

1874

Painting of the Nativity: Mary lies on a branch bed holding the infant Christ while three winged angels stand nearby.

The Nativity

1888

Painting of a procession of draped young women with musical instruments descending a curved stone staircase under an arch.

The Golden Stairs

1880

Painting of a red-haired sea-nymph with a fish tail holding a fish above turquoise waves, in an ornate gold frame.

A Sea-Nymph

1881

Painting of nude figures on rocks beside a coiled blue sea serpent, with a green landscape and town behind.

Perseus and Andromeda

1876

Perseus in armor reaches toward three crouching, draped Graiae beneath a carved Latin inscription in a gilded frame.

Perseus and the Graiae

1875

Painting of armored Perseus with a sword beside a chained nude woman, with a dark sea serpent coiled around him.

Perseus Cycle 7: The Doom Fulfilled

1888

Painting of a knight and a woman in red leaning over an octagonal case holding severed heads, in a walled garden with fruit t

The Baleful Head

1885

Painting of two women in a columned hall, one draped and crowned with laurel, one nude, with doves and roses at their feet.

Pygmalion and the Image - The Godhead Fires

1878

Painting of a nude woman with long hair having her hand kissed by a kneeling man in a classical interior with columns.

Pygmalion and the Image - The Soul Attains

1878

Painting of a pensive young man beside marble female statues in a classical interior, with two women entering through a sunli

Pygmalion and the Image - The Heart Desires

1878

Painting of a sculptor in a blue robe watching a nude marble statue on a plinth in a workshop with scattered tools.

Pygmalion and the Image - The Hand Refrains

1878

Painting of a draped woman beside a large wheel with nude male figures rising and falling along its rim.

The Wheel of Fortune

1883

Painting of a seated woman pouring water beside a child and a grey wolf, with trees and blue drapery behind her.

Earth Mother

1882

Two women in red robes in a dim interior; one wears a crown and holds a thread, beside shelves of glass vessels.

Fair Rosamund and Queen Eleanor

1861

Two nude figures embrace beneath a flowering tree with a winding path and hills behind them.

The tree of forgiveness

1881

Portrait of a young woman with auburn hair in a dark dress and red necklace, hands clasped, against a dark background.

Portrait of Georgiana Burne-Jones (1840-1920)

1863

Watercolor of a woman in a dark robe holding red thread under a night sky with stars and a moon, by Edward Burne-Jones.

Ariadne

1862

Edward Burne-Jones's The Annunciation (1857): a winged angel in red speaks to a woman in blue beside a serpent-entwined fruit

The Annunciation

1857

Painting of a bearded king and a woman with closed eyes beside a fountain and garden, with a sword and blue sky.

King Mark and La Belle Iseult

1862

Painted lunette of haloed classical figures in a colonnaded hall, with a winged figure holding a caduceus and a woman offerin

Cupid and Psyche - Palace Green Murals - Psyche entering the Portals of Olympus

1872

Painting of a nude piper on rocks playing pipes, with two seated nude figures by a stream in rolling green hills.

The Garden of Pan

1886

Knight in armour stabs a dragon on grass as a kneeling woman in white and blue watches with clasped hands.

The fight: St George kills the dragon VI

1866

Painting of a hooded wizard and a woman in purple robes beside a shield, a copper vessel and a wooden chest in a dim hall.

The Wizard

1896

Painting of two winged angels leading two robed men along a wooded path under a gold sky with a Latin inscription.

The King and the Shepherd

1888

Long horizontal painting of a classical feast with draped guests at a table, nude attendants, a harp player, and a distant se

The Feast of Peleus

1872

Portrait of a young boy with auburn hair, grey sweater and clasped hands against a dark background.

Philip Comyns Carr

1882

Painting of a woman in flowing blue robes with closed eyes, standing in a doorway before a starry night sea.

Night

1870

Pencil study of a nude female figure with a leafy wreath, head turned toward the viewer, arm hanging loosely.

Study of a Female Figure

1885

Pencil and chalk study of a hooded seated man in a draped robe, labeled Gawain, by Edward Burne-Jones, 1893.

Study for the Failure of Gawain from the Holy Grail Tapestries

1893

Standing Draped Figure in Profile to Left

c. 1888-1891

Gouache study of a helmeted armored man seen from behind, one arm raised, against a blue wash on brown paper.

Study for Perseus

about 1882

Pencil design study of a standing female figure called Flora, with a rose crown, flower basket and draped robe.

Design for the Figure of "Flora"

19th century

Winged Cupid, blindfolded, draws a bow while draped women and a kneeling figure surround him in a gilded grassy landscape.

Cupid's Hunting Fields

1885

Study for Figure of 'Idleness - The Romaunt of the Rose

c. 1873-77

Pencil study of a bending female figure with heavily shaded drapery falling to bare feet on pale paper.

Bending Female Figure, study for Mirror of Venus

c. 1873-77

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a crowned man holding a cup beside a woman with clasped hands, with a sculpture behind them.

King René's Honeymoon - Sculpture

1861

Red chalk drawing of two female figures in flowing drapery, one seen from behind with raised arms, by Edward Burne-Jones.

Female - Drapery Studies, Studies of female Drapery seen from the back

1867

Pen and brown wash drawing of Pyramus holding a sword by a column, with Thisbe among foliage and a verse scroll.

Pyramus and Thisbe - Pyramus Draws His Sword to Slay Himself

1865

Circular pencil drawing of a young woman in a headscarf with flowers at her shoulder, labelled Griselda.

Chaucer's 'Legend of Good Women' - Griselda

1863

Drawing of two draped women in a flowered garden with Latin scrolls, city walls and a boat behind them.

Chaucer's 'Legend of Good Women' - Hypsiphile And Medea

1864

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged archer and a crowned woman before a castle wall, fence and flowers.

Chaucer's 'Legend of Good Women' - Amor and Alcestis

1864

Red chalk drawing of a man's face in a broad cap, set above a stone ledge, by Edward Burne-Jones.

Male Portrait - possibly Dante or study for St George Series

1865

Maria Zambaco - Profile Study

1866

Red chalk drawing of a seated woman in flowing drapery, head turned to one side, on cream paper.

Green Summer - Drapery Study for the Central Figure

1863

The Hill of Venus - Male Nude - Study of one of the Reapers for Reapers Appealing to Venus

1866

Pencil drawing of a seated woman and a kneeling man holding a book, with onlookers in an interior with stone walls.

Chaucer's Man of Laws Tale - Design

1862

Drawing of a bent male nude in graphite and red chalk, with studies of hands and a sword hilt at lower right.

St George Series - Male Nude - Study of St George for 'St George slaying the Dragon'

1865

Two back-view studies of standing male nudes carrying poles on their shoulders, drawn in chalk on brown paper.

St George Series - Male Nude - Studies of two Soldiers for 'The Princess led to the Dragon'

1865

Sepia drawing of the Annunciation: an angel with wings and a Virgin Mary beside a lily, with Latin scrolls between them.

The Annunciation

1862

Chalk study on brown paper of a woman with windblown hair and billowing drapery, by Edward Burne-Jones, 1866.

Winter - Study of Flying Drapery

1866

Drawing of a standing female nude with white chalk highlights on brown paper, flanked by faint studies of other figures.

Female Nude - Three Studies, possibly for Venus

1865

Brown ink drawing of a tomb effigy with a reclining figure, two greyhounds in front, and Gothic arched panels below.

The Tomb of Tristram and Iseult

1862

Graphite drawing of a seated, bowed figure with clasped hands and heavy draped cloth, resting on a block.

The Lament - Study for the Figure on the Right

1865

Pencil and watercolor drawing of Theseus peering around a labyrinth wall at the horned head of the Minotaur.

Tile Design - Theseus and the Minotaur in the Labyrinth

1861