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Venus Discordia

Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

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Born in Birmingham, but of Welsh extraction, Burne-Jones was much admired by early twentieth-century Welsh critics. A friend of William Morris and an associate of Rossetti and Ruskin, he became the leader of the second phase of the Pre-Raphaelite movement. Intended as a companion to a composition of ‘Venus Concordia’, this unfinished oil painting depicts Venus presiding over a scene of conflict inspired by the four vices, Anger, Envy, Suspicion and Strife. The figures reveal Burne-Jones's study of Renaissance art during his third and final visit to Italy.
Title

Venus Discordia

Date

1873

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 128.2 x W 209.8 cm

Accession number

NMW A 181

Acquisition method

purchased from a private collection, 1926

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Christie's stencil (?): 529CW No.183 inscribed on stretcher and in various places on verso of frame. 1975 ACGB label for Burne-Jones exhibition on back of frame. 1984 Tate label for Pre-Raphaelite exhibition on backing board.

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