LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

39.76 in. (101.00 cm.) (height) by 27.95 in. (71.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

monogrammed 'EBJ' (l.l.)

Exhibited:

Londres, Grosvernor Gallery, 1878, no. 107.Londres, Royal Society of British Artists, Special Winter Exhibition, 1892, no. 8.Londres, New Gallery, Exhibition of the Works of Edward Burne-Jones, 1892-93, no. 28 (prêté par Alexander Ionides).Londres, New Gallery, Exhibition of the Works of Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Bart, 1898-99, no. 110 (prêté par Mrs Alexander Ionides).

Literature:

Registre autographe des oeuvres de l'artiste (Fitzwilliam, Cambridge) sous 1872 et 1875.The Times, 2 mai 1878, p. 7.The Illustrated London News, 4 mai 1878, p. 411.The Academy, 18 mai 1878, p. 466.L.F. Day, 'A Kensington Interior', Art Journal, 1893, p. 141 (illustré in situ).M. Bell, Sir Edward Burnes-Jones : A Record and Review, Londres, 4e édition, 1898, pp. 15, 47-48, 130.F. de Lisle, Burne-Jones, Londres, 1904, pp. 105-6, 184.G. Burne-Jones, Memorials of Edward Burne-Jones, Londres, 1904, vol. 2, p. 30.A. Alexandre, Sir Edward Burne-Jones (Second Series), Londres, 1907, pl. 15.Beauty Never Fails, catalogue d'exposition, Fulham Palace, Londres, mai-juin 2008, cat. p. 22, no. 8 ('comme localisation inconnue').

Provenance:

Acquis directement auprès de l'artiste parAlexander Ionides; sa vente, anonyme, Christie's Londres, 1er mai 1897, lot 121, invendu.Puis par héritage à sa veuve en 1898; sa vente, Christie's, Londres, 15 mai 1902, lot 21; d'où acquis par Agnew.R.H. Benson.