Edward Burne-Jones, The Garden Court
and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1994.197 · The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0)View original →
Edward Burne-Jones

The Garden Court

1870–75

Current Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Medium
graphite and watercolor, heightened with white gouache
Dimensions
32.3 × 60.2 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-191484

The story of Briar Rose (known popularly as "Sleeping Beauty") occupied Edward Burne-Jones on and off for much of his career. He completed three related sets of paintings of the subject over a 30-year period. This drawing probably relates to the first series, now in the Museo de Arte in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Here, vines twist in arabesques against a flat, chartreuse background, as though ensnaring the six servants asleep at a loom and well.

Provenance

and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1994.197

Registry history

  • 1870–75 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — drawings

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