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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 5, 2013 | Doyle | New York | European, American, Modern, Contemporary & Street Art | 18 | $****** - ****** | The Marriage of Pyramus and Thisbe; Possible partial signature Jon... (lr) |
Works on Paper
24.8 x 17.1 cm (9.75 x 6.75 in)
Graphite pencil and watercolor on paper laid down to japanned paper
Edward Burne-Jones
British, 1833-1898
The Marriage of Pyramus and Thisbe
Possible partial signature Jon... (lr)
Graphite pencil and watercolor on paper laid down to japanned paper
9 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches (24.8 x 17.1 cm)
The Marriage of Pyramus and Thisbe pictures an alternative ending to the tale of star-crossed lovers described in Book IV of Ovid"s Metamorphoses. Forbidden from marriage by their feuding families and failing in an attempted elopement, Pyramus and Thisbe end their lives. Here, Burne-Jones imagines their apocryphal union, the lovers embraced by the winged, rose-garlanded figure of Eros. Maria Cassavetti Zambaco, a Greek sculptor who frequented the Pre-Raphaelite circle and who was Burne-Jones"s mistress from 1866, modeled for Thisbe. The artists" liaison ultimately paralleled that of Pyramus and Thisbe: Zambaco attempted suicide in 1869, and their affair fizzled around 1875.
This work"s symmetrical composition, geometric forms and saturated color scheme intimate that it
