By Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
Amor, from Dante's poem Divina Commedia, L'Amor che muove il sole e l'altre stelle Little Holland House Album
Pen and ink on paper
1859
Collection Categories
Drawings and studies, Early Pen & Ink on vellum & paper done whilst working under D G Rossetti, Illustration, Works on Paper / Vellum
Inscribed: AMOR

The design shows Love as described by Dante in the last line of Divina Commedia: "L'Amor che muove il sole E L'altre stelle". Dante was by far the most important influence of Rossetti's career, and Burne-Jones was reading him by 1856. The present design is closely related to a composition by Rossetti, probably made in 1859, connected with the decoration of a settle at William Morriss's Red house (Surtees Cat No. 117A pl. 181). Both designs introduce the sun and moon and show Love with bow and arrow although Burne-Jones has him playing a psaltery, Rossetti holding a sun dial.

John Christian
11/10/2020
Owner Dates Owned Further Info. and Accession no. circa
Lady Sophia Ricketts Dalrymple (née Sophia Pattle, wife of Sir John Warrender Dalrymple) 1859-1911 by descent in the family
Sir Walter Hamilton-Dalrymple, 8th Baronet 1911-1920
Sir Hew Clifford Hamilton-Dalrymple, 9th Baronet 1920-1959
Captain-General Sir Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple Bt. 10th Baronet 1959-2018
Sir Hew Richard Dalrymple, 11th Baronet 2018 - Present
Title Author/Editor Year Page No. & Illustrations Attachments
Little Holland House Album Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1859
whole album
The Little Holland House Album by Edward Burne-Jones, with an introduction and notes by John Christian John Christian, Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1981
pp. 5-39 illustrated
Edward Burne-Jones and John Christian, The Little Holland House Album Leonée Ormond 1982
p. 200
The Last Pre-Raphaelite, Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination Fiona MacCarthy 2011
Illus pl. XXII between pp. 358-359 and pls. 3, 8, 9, 13, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33 between pp. 486-487 and in the text pp. 71, 181, 192, 203, 238, 256, 268, 329, 371, 425, 439, 449, 466 pp. 1-17, 20-24, 26-35, 29-66, 68-95, 97, 103, 109, 111-118, 120-122, 124-132, 134-136, 140-141, 143-145, 147-154, 156-170, 172-203, 205, 207-224, 228-232, 234-242, 244-247, 249-255, 257-266, 269-279, 281-307, 309-317, 319-321, 323-350, 355, 357-361, 363-389, 391-392, 395, 398-400, 402-403, 405-416, 418-420, 424-436, 438, 441-445, 451-458, 461-462, 464-472, 479, 483, 485, 488-496, 498, 509-518, 522-523, 525-530, 534, 536