Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Wheel of fortune

BURNE-JONES, Sir Edward (Artist)

This unfinished painting of about 1882 depicts the medieval theme of the wheel of fortune, which lifts or abases man as it is turned by the goddess Fortuna. The drawing of the nudes and the drapery of the goddess reveal the artist's careful study of Michelangelo.

Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 206

Creation/Production

BURNE-JONES, Sir Edward
1833-1898
Role: Artist
Period: 1882 ca

Acquisition

Gift, 23/9/1940

Measurements

h(cm) frame:181.5
h(cm)
l(cm):(frame)
w(cm) frame:8.5
w(cm)
h(in) frame:71 1/2
h(in)
l(in):(frame)
w(in) frame:3 3/8
w(in)

Techniques

Oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
Art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting

Material

Oil

Location

On Display

Categories

Paentiad | Painting Celf Gain | Fine Art Allegory Figure study Pre-Raphaelitism
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