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The Court of Venus

Maker (British, 1833 - 1898)
Maker (British, 1861 - 1940)
Additional Title(s)
  • Illustration for Cupid and Psyche
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Dateca. 1866
Mediumink and graphite on paper
Dimensions5 1/8 x 7 1/4 in. (13 x 18.4 cm.) book: 9 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (23.5 x 19.1 cm.)
DescriptionDesign for book illustration. Large courtyard, with fountain - Venus standing in front of it, at center - on left, two women tending her with oils, combing hair - at right, woman kneeling to clean her feet, two musicians with lyre and dulcimer.
Inscribedrecto bottom in graphite: At the Bath upper left in graphite: 30
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on view
Object number2000.5.1550.32
Psyche Brought to Venus
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1866
Object number: 2000.5.1550.33
Venus
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1866
Object number: 2000.5.1550.38
Venus Sending Cupid to Psyche
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1866
Object number: 2000.5.1550.40
Psyche Entering the Court of the Palace
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1866
Object number: 2000.5.1550.4
The Task of the Seeds
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1866
Object number: 2000.5.1550.21
First Visit of the Sisters
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1866
Object number: 2000.5.1550.46
Psyche Comes to the Second Sister
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1866
Object number: 2000.5.1550.15
The Procession to the Hill: Psyche and the King
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1866
Object number: 2000.5.1550.35
Cupid's First Sight of Psyche
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1866
Object number: 2000.5.1550.41
Death of the Sister
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1866
Object number: 2000.5.1550.16
The Weaving Women
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1866
Object number: 2000.5.1550.27
Psyche Comes to the First Sister
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1866
Object number: 2000.5.1550.14