Edward Burne-Jones
Artwork Detail
Initial rough charcoal drawings set this scene by the sea, but after visiting Italy in 1870, Burne-Jones placed the gigantic Car of Love in the winding lanes of Siena. This appears to be the final, fully worked-up drawing on which the unfinished painting, (Victoria and Albert Museum, London) is based. The bound and anguished figures, forced to draw the Car inexorably onward, were bitter reminders of Burne-Jones' love affair with the beautiful Maria Zambaco in 1870, who was famous for her 'glorious red hair and almost phosphorescent white skin'.
- Title
- The Car of Love, or Love's Wayfaring
- Artist/creator
- Edward Burne-Jones
- Production date
- circa 1870-1898
- Medium
- pastel, brush drawing and charcoal
- Dimensions
- 3391 x 2112 x 160 mm
- Credit line
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Viscount Leverhulme, 1924
- Accession no
- 1924/5/1
- Copyright
- No known copyright restrictions
- Department
- International Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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