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Pygmalion and the Image: The Heart Desires

1878

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The story

Burne-Jones painted the Pygmalion story from Ovid in four scenes; this second series (1875 to 1878) is in Birmingham. Pygmalion turns from living women, carves his ideal, and Venus brings the statue to life.

Source, Birmingham Museums

Object details

Title: Pygmalion and the Image: The Heart Desires
Artist: Edward Burne-Jones
Date: 1878
Culture: British
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (1903P23)
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0879
Original image: 2259 × 3000 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Edward Burne-Jones. Pygmalion and the Image: The Heart Desires. 1878. Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (1903P23). Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0879/