Portrait of a Young Girl
Sir Edward Burne-Jones
1866–80 · Graphite · Drawings and Prints
The subject of this ethereal portrait drawing has not been definitively identified, but her soulful eyes and sensual mouth resemble those of Maria Cassavaetti Zambaco, a British artist of Greek descent with whom Burne-Jones had a passionate, then tortured, affair between 1866 and 1869. After their association ended, the artist used her features to represent temptresses such as Nimue and Phyllis in thematic paintings.
- Artist
- Sir Edward Burne-Jones
- Date
- 1866–80
- Medium
- Graphite
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005
