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Venus Epithalamia

DrawingsBritish19th century

Venus Epithalamia

1871

Artists

Edward Burne-JonesArtist

AgnewFramemaker

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor and gouache, metallic gold paint, and varnish on linen prepared with Chinese white

Culture

British

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

37.5 x 26.9 cm (14 3/4 x 10 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Commissioned from the artist by Euphrosyne Cassavetti as a wedding gift for Marie Spartali (Stillman), 1871; Marie Spartali Stillman, until 1905; Thomas Agnew and Sons, London, 1905; purchased from them by Baron de Turckheim; his sale, Christie's, London, June 9, 1911, no. 87 (£304 10s.); purchased at that sale by Charles Fairfax Murray; acquired from him by Grenville L. Winthrop, July 29, 1912 (£500); his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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