Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt., A.R.A., R.W.S. (1833-1898)
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt., A.R.A., R.W.S. (1833-1898)

Two subjects from medieval romance

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Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt., A.R.A., R.W.S. (1833-1898)
Two subjects from medieval romance
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour heightened with gold, on vellum
4 5/8 x 4 5/8 in. (11.7 x 11.7 cm.)
來源
Stanley J. Seeger.
The Eye of a Collector - Works from the Collection of Stanley J. Seeger; Sotheby's, London, 14 June 2001, lot 20.

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Bernard Williams
Bernard Williams

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These mysterious and jewel-like watercolours are in the ultra-medieval or 'Froissartian' style, emphasising bright colours and flat heraldic pattern, that Rossetti and his followers explored in the late 1850s. As so often with Burne-Jones, it is not clear if the watercolours should be read as paintings or decorative designs; if the latter, they could be for tiles.

The subjects have not been identified but the imagery of the lower composition looks back to Rossetti's watercolour Arthur's Tomb (1855; British Museum) and anticipates a cartoon representing the tomb of Tristram and Iseult that Burne-Jones made for stained glass in 1862 (Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery). In our design the effigies seem to lie on a brick tomb surrounded by water.

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