BURNE-JONES, Edward
(b. 1833, Birmingham, d. 1898, London)

The Wheel of Fortune

1875-83
Oil on canvas, 200 x 100 cm
Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Burne-Jones began this painting in 1875 and completed for his exhibition at the Grosvenor Gallery in London in 1883, developing one of the motifs of the predella of a polyptych depicting The Story of Troy, much of which was only roughed out.

This painting is an Italianate work that celebrates the artist's passion for Michelangelo.




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