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The Campo Santo, Venice (1842)

Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) The Campo Santo, Venice 1842 Oil on canvas, 62.2 x 92.7 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Venice is radiant, if somewhat shabby, in Joseph Mallord William Turner’s view north across the Venetian Lagoon. The city…

The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (1896)

Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) & Morris, William (1834-1896) The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer 1896 Wood engraving, 42.2 x 28.9 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Designer: William Morris (British, 1834-1896); Artist: Edward Burne-Jones (British, 1833-1898); Publisher: Kelmscott Press, Hammersmith (London), 1896; Author:…

The Salutation of Beatrice (1880-1882)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) The Salutation of Beatrice 1880–1882 Oil on canvas, 154.3 × 91.4 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo The woman in this painting embodies the Pre-Raphaelite ideal of beauty with her pale face, full lips, and thick, wavy,…

La Belle Iseult (1858)

Morris, William (1834-1896) La Belle Iseult 1858 Oil on canvas, 71.8 x 50.2 cm Tate Britain, London This is the only completed easel painting that William Morris produced. It is a portrait in medieval dress of Jane Burden, whom Morris married…

William Morris

(1834–1896) The artist’s works: La Belle Iseult 1858 Tate Britain, London Peacock 1878 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Peacock and Dragon 1878 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Strawberry Thief 1883 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer 1896 Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo…

Perseus and Andromeda (1875)

Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) Perseus and Andromeda (study for The Doom Fulfilled) 1875 Gouache with gold paint on board, 33 x 30.3 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Compare: Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) The Doom Fulfilled 1888 Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart    

The Doom Fulfilled (1888)

Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) The Doom Fulfilled 1888 Oil on canvas, 155 x 140.5 cm Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart Study: Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) Perseus and Andromeda 1875 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago     This picture, like other members of the series, draws upon…

Cupid’s Hunting Fields (1885)

Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) Cupid’s Hunting Fields 1885 Gouache, with watercolor and gold and silver paints on ivory wove paper, laid down on linen canvas, 99.5 x 76.9 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago