Bath of Venus

1890s

Not on view

Burne-Jones made a painting of "The Bath of Venus" between 1873 and 1878 (Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon), and here seems to have returned to the subject at a later date. The artist experimented with metallic pigments on colored papers in his last decade, and this example appeared in the posthumous sale of his studio in 1898, and was acquired by the Museum in 1908.

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Title: Bath of Venus
Artist: Sir Edward Burne-Jones (British, Birmingham 1833–1898 Fulham)
Date: 1890s
Medium: Metallic paint over graphite
Dimensions: Sheet: 9 15/16 × 6 11/16 in. (25.2 × 17 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1908
Object Number: 08.227.13
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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