Edward Burne-JonesBritish, 1833–1898Study for "Cupid and Psyche"
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Where is “Study for "Cupid and Psyche"” now? Collection: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Cambridge, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- 1902.16
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- Image: Harvard Art Museums — © President and Fellows of Harvard College
In the life of Edward Burne-Jones
The whole life1864
“The Merciful Knight” at the Old Water-Colour Society
Elected an associate of the Society of Painters in Water-Colours (the “Old Water-Colour Society”), he exhibited there, among other works, “The Merciful Knight”, the first picture that fully revealed his ripened personality as an artist. The next six years saw a series of fine watercolours at the same gallery.
winter 1864
Death of his newborn son Christopher
In the winter of 1864 Georgiana fell gravely ill with scarlet fever and gave birth to a second son, Christopher, who died soon afterwards. The family then moved to 41 Kensington Square, where their daughter Margaret was born in 1866.
1864
Son born: Christopher Burne-Jones
1866
Meets Maria Zambaco
Mrs Cassavetti commissioned him to paint her daughter, Maria Zambaco, in “Cupid Finding Psyche”; the introduction led to a passionate affair, described as the “emotional climax of his life”. It ended with Maria trying to kill herself by throwing herself into Regent’s Canal.
1866
Daughter born: Margaret Burne-Jones
1867
The “Green Dining Room” at the South Kensington Museum
For the “green dining room” at the South Kensington Museum (now the Victoria and Albert) he designed the stained-glass windows and panel figures. Together with a royal project at St James’s Palace, it helped establish the reputation of Morris’s firm in the late 1860s.
