SIR EDWARD COLEY BURNE-JONES BT ARA (1833-1898) - Receive artist alerts » - More items from this artist »

Blue and green chalk, on paper

Signed and dated 'EBJ. 1882' (lower left)

22.50cm wide    32.00cm high    (8.86 inches wide  12.60 inches high)

The Sleep of Arthur in Avalon (Museo de Arte, Ponce, Puerto Rico), Burne-Jones's largest oil painting, was commissioned in 1881 by his friend and patron George Howard, Earl of Carlisle. As time passed, however, and the picture assumed the status of a great personal statement, Howard resigned his right to it and Burne-Jones continued to work on it for his own satisfaction. It was still unfinished at his death in June 1898.