Stained glass: Amor and Alcestis
Artist: Morris & Co (active 1875 - 1940), designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones (1833 - 1898)
Location: William Morris Gallery and Brangwyn Gift
Date: 1864
Materials: painted, stained & leaded glass
Dimensions: 48 x 54 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £3,000 (Total: £12,840)
Vendor: Christie's
Review number: 3659 (1992)
Provenance:
Christie's, 20/2/91.
Description:
One of a series depicting characters from Chaucer's 'Legend of Goode Wimmen', this panel was designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, and the border designed by Philip Webb. It is an example of the influential collaboration of Morris as colourist and Burne-Jones as designer, who together produced much of the finest stained glass of the period, and whose non-ecclesiastical commissions did much to popularise the use of stained glass in a domestic setting.
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