By Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
The Passing of Venus or The Triumph of Love, design for tiles
Pencil, coloured crayon and ink on paper
Dimensions: 36.2 cm x 61.5 cm
Collection Categories
Applied Arts, Tiles, Ceramics, Mosaics, Plaques
Inscribed: domina Venus and dominus Cupido

Bodleian Library MS. Douce 195, Manuscript illustration from fol. 113v.

Le Roman de la Rose.

Shelfmark:
Bodleian Library MS. Douce 195.

Holding Institution:
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford

Date Statement:
15th century, end.

Place of Origin:
France.

Language:
French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600).

Catalogue Description:
Catalogue of Western Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries.

Authors:
Guillaume de Lorris, Jean de Meun

Burne-Jones and Morris visited the Bodleian Library to look at manuscripts while they were students, so that, from an early age, they were aware of this script.

William Waters
06/03/2022

This design for a panel of of fifteen tiles is entered on the first page of Burne-Jones's account book with Morris & Co. (no. 380), charged at £2. The composition is derived from one of the Triumphs of Petrarch. Later versions appear in the background of the painting Laus Veneris (no. 135), as an independent picture (H&W, pl. 26), and a design for tapestry.

John Christian
29/06/2022
Owner Dates Owned Further Info. and Accession no. circa
George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle (Ninth Earl of Carlisle) By descent
Mrs Joanna Matthews 1975 lent to the Burne-Jones exhibition 1975-1976
Dreweatt Neate - Dreweatts 2025-2025 Old Master, British and European Art online auction 11 Feb 2025 lot 242 £4,200
Exhibition Catalogue no, Page no, Illustration no. Institution/Venue People From To
George Howard and his circle, 1843-1911 - Tullie House Carlisle 1968 cat no. 155 Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery - Carlisle Art Gallery
1968 1968
The Paintings, Graphic and Decorative Work of Sir Edward Burne-Jones 1833-1898 (1975-6) cat no. 68 p. 37 The Hayward Gallery
November 1975 January 1976
The Paintings, Graphic and Decorative Work of Sir Edward Burne-Jones 1833-1898 (1975-6) cat no. 68 p. 37 Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery (Birmingham Museums Trust)
March 1976 April 1976
The Paintings, Graphic and Decorative Work of Sir Edward Burne-Jones 1833-1898 (1975-6) cat no. 68 p. 37 Southampton City Art Gallery
January 1976 February 1976
Title Author/Editor Year Page No. & Illustrations Attachments
Quatriregio (Four Realms) Bishop Federico Frezzi 1508
Burne-Jones William Waters, Martin Harrison 1973
illus fig. 59 p. 52
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. 68 p. 37
William Morris Tiles: The Tile Designs of Morris and His Fellow-Workers Richard and Hilary Myers 1996
Fig 31 p 20 illus
The Last Pre-Raphaelite, Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination Fiona MacCarthy 2011
Illus pl. XXII between pp. 358-359 and pls. 3, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 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, 26-66, 68-71, 75-116, 120-122, 124-126, 129-132, 134-150, 153-154, 156-168, 170, 172-177, 179-203, 205, 207-214, 216-232, 234-235, 237-240, 244-249, 251-252, 254-255, 257, 259-262, 264-276, 278-279, 281-307, 309-317, 319-321, 323-350, 353, 357-361, 363-384, 387-389, 394-395, 398-400, 402, 404-416, 418-433, 438, 441-445, 451-470, 473, 478-479, 483, 487-489, 491-498, 420, 500-501, 504-517, 522-523, 525-530, 534, 536
Edward Burne-Jones, William Morris, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Harry Ward and illuminated manuscripts Dr. Philip McEvansoneya 2015
p 599-601