After Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
Dying Slave plaster Cast
Plaster of Paris
1855 circa
Dimensions: 45.5 cm x cm
Collection Categories
Burne-Jones Collection & Library, By Other Artists/Individuals/Makers/Institutions etc

This little plaster version of Michelangelo's famous statue in the Louvre comes from Burne-Jones's house, The Grange, Fulham. The figure is very comparable to to those of the King and the Slave on the wheel in his picture The Wheel of Fortune (no. 124 [Burne-Jones 1975]. Small plaster casts of Michelangelo's Dawn and Evening in the Medici Chapel in S Lorenzo were also placed above the fireplace in the drawing-room at The Grange (see no. 376 [Burne-Jones 1975]).

John Christian
29/06/2022
Owner Dates Owned Further Info. and Accession no. circa
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1898
Lady Georgiana Burne-Jones 1898 by descent
Exhibition Catalogue no, Page no, Illustration no. Institution/Venue People From To
The Paintings, Graphic and Decorative Work of Sir Edward Burne-Jones 1833-1898 (1975-6) cat no. 348 p. 94 The Hayward Gallery
November 1975 January 1976
The Paintings, Graphic and Decorative Work of Sir Edward Burne-Jones 1833-1898 (1975-6) cat no. 348 p. 94 Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery
March 1976 April 1976
The Paintings, Graphic and Decorative Work of Sir Edward Burne-Jones 1833-1898 (1975-6) cat no. 348 p. 94 Southampton City Art Gallery
January 1976 February 1976
Title Author/Editor Year Page No. & Illustrations Attachments
Burne-Jones: the paintings, graphic and decorative work of Sir Edward Burne-Jones 1833-98, Hayward Gallery, Southampton City Art Gallery, Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery 1975-6 John Christian, Miss Penelope Marcus 1975
cat no. 348 p. 94
The Last Pre-Raphaelite: Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination Fiona MacCarthy 2011
Illus pl. XXVII between pp. 358-359 and pls. 1, 2, 15, 26 between pp. 486-487 and in the text pp. 112, 115 pp. 6, 15-16, 30, 41, 45, 51, 59, 62, 65-69, 71, 84, 88, 91, 99, 109, 111-114, 115-120, 125-127, 133-134, 136-138, 141-150, 156, 158-159, 162, 164-165, 170-172, 177-179, 188, 191, 198-199, 205, 208-211, 212-214, 216, 221, 223-226, 230-231, 234-235, 239-242, 244-249, 270, 281, 286, 291-292, 299, 301, 303-304, 306-307, 312-313, 316-317, 320, 323, 325, 334, 344, 350-351, 354, 357, 364, 367, 371, 377, 379-380, 386, 393-396, 404, 411, 419-420, 427-428, 446, 460-463, 467, 469-470, 474, 476, 479-481, 490-491, 494, 496-497, 499-504, 506-507, 511-518, 520, 522-524