Edward Burne-Jonesイギリス, 1833–1898Flamma Vestalis
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Burne-Jones’s daughter Margaret modeled for this painting. The Latin title refers to the Vestal Virgins of Rome, who tended the perpetual fire on the altar of the goddess Vesta. Begun before Margaret’s marriage in 1888, the painting aligns her with these chaste women, suggesting her innocence and purity.
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"Flamma Vestalis" remained in England until 1922, when it was purchased by New York–based collector Grenville Winthrop and given a distinctly American frame. This style of frame was designed in the 1880s by eminent architect Stanford White. The design was known as a “U-shaped grille frame” because of the shape of its ornament. Evoking gilded lattice or lace, the grille catches and refracts light so that the painting and frame seem to shimmer. "Flamma Vestalis" is unique in this gallery: it is a British painting in a famously American frame, evidence of the collector’s preference rather than that of the artist.
ハーバード美術館群
作品データ
- 収蔵番号
- 1943.190
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出典
- ハーバード美術館群
- 画像： ハーバード美術館群 — © President and Fellows of Harvard College
その頃、Edward Burne-Jonesの人生では
生涯をすべて見る1886
“The Depths of the Sea”, his only Academy showing
Elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1885, he exhibited there the following year for the only time, showing “The Depths of the Sea”, a mermaid carrying down a youth she has unconsciously drowned in the impetuosity of her love.
1887–1888
Exhibits pictures of the Perseus cycle
One picture of “The Story of Perseus” was exhibited in 1887 and two more in 1888, together with “The Brazen Tower”, inspired by the same legend. The Perseus series was never completed.
1890
Acclaim for the second “Legend of Briar Rose”
The second series of “The Legend of Briar Rose” was exhibited on its own and won admiration.
