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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/sir-edward-coley-burne-jones-bt-68" aria-label="More by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt</a>
a Dancing Woman Mill
Presented by Lord Duveen 1924
actions: postures and motions
adults
arm / arms raised
classical myths: gods and heroes
dance
individuals: female
leisure and pastimes
music and entertainment
named individuals
people
portraits
religion and belief
standing
Three Graces
woman
Zambaco, Maria
<p>The focus of Burne-Jones's painting 'The Mill' (now in the Victoria and Albert Museum) is a group of three women, whose pose recalls the dance of the mythical Three Graces. The elegant drapery study exhibited here is for the central of the three figures, which was modelled by Maria Zambaco. The model for the other drawing may have been Maria Stillman (née Spartali), who was herself an artist. Like Maria Zambaco, she was a member of the rich Greek Ionides family, who were important collectors of contemporary art. Both drawings date from the early 1870s, but 'The Mill' was another painting the artist worked on over a long period, and was only completed in 1882.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite
14 September 2018 – 12 January 2019
2019-01-12
14 September 2018 – 12 January 2019
2019-01-12
2018-09-14
Southampton City Art Gallery (Southampton, UK)
http://www.southampton.gov.uk/leisure/arts
2018-09-14
Stott Tour
Loan-out
14 September 2019 – 31 May 2020
2020-05-31
14 September 2019 – 26 January 2020
2020-01-26
2019-09-14
Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde (Stockholm, Sweden)
http://www.waldermarsudde.com
21 February 2020 – 31 May 2020
2020-05-31
2020-02-21
KODE Art Museums and Composer Homes (Bergen, Norway)
2019-09-14
Edward Burne-Jones: The Pre-Raphaelites and the North
Loan-out
Study of a Dancing Woman for ‘The Mill’
support: 335 × 252 mm
frame: 555 × 393 × 20 mm
Presented by Lord Duveen 1924
<p>The focus of Burne-Jones's <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a> 'The Mill' (now in the Victoria and Albert Museum) is a group of three women, whose pose recalls the dance of the mythical Three Graces. The elegant drapery study exhibited here is for the central of the three figures, which was modelled by Maria Zambaco. The model for the other <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a> may have been Maria Stillman (née Spartali), who was herself an artist. Like Maria Zambaco, she was a member of the rich Greek Ionides family, who were important collectors of contemporary art. Both drawings date from the early 1870s, but 'The Mill' was another painting the artist worked on over a long period, and was only completed in 1882.</p>
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actions: postures and motions adults arm / arms raised classical myths: gods and heroes dance individuals: female leisure and pastimes music and entertainment named individuals people portraits religion and belief standing Three Graces woman Zambaco, Maria