Oil paint on wood
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Frieze Eight Women Gathering Apples
Bequeathed by Lady Horner in memory of her father, William Graham 1940
abstraction
actions: postures and motions
adults
agriculture and fishing
apple
apron
arm / arms raised
clothing and personal items
food and drink
from recognisable sources
fruit, apple
group
groups
harvesting
objects
organic
people
woman
work and occupations
<p>The theme of this panel would appear to be connected with the legend of the Garden of the Hesperides, a subject Burne-Jones treated on several other occasions. It may have been intended as an overmantel for a fireplace or as a decorative panel for a cassone or chest. The gold relief reflects the artist’s interest in early Renaissance art where such decoration was used extensively. The frieze may have been commissioned by the artist’s patron, the MP and collector William Graham, whose daughter Lady Horner owned a similar panel.</p><p><em>Gallery label, November 2016</em></p>
painting oil paint wood
7 August 2014 – 24 July 2022
2022-07-24
7 August 2014
2014-08-07
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2014-08-07
Gallery 9
Collection based display
Frieze of Eight Women Gathering Apples
support: 737 × 1829 mm
Bequeathed by Lady Horner in memory of her father, William Graham 1940
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<p>Edward Coley Burne-Jones probably made this panel to go over a fireplace. It shows the scene from Greek mythology where a group of young women, or Hesperides, guard an orchard of golden apple trees that was a wedding present to the goddess Hera. Burne-Jones explored themes of love and beauty in his paintings and designs, collaborating closely with the Morris family’s design firm. </p>
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abstraction actions: postures and motions adults agriculture and fishing apple apron arm / arms raised clothing and personal items food and drink from recognisable sources fruit, apple group groups harvesting objects organic people woman work and occupations