Drawing for Pavement, "The Council Chamber," Briar Rose
Datenot dated
Artist
Edward Burne-Jones
(British painter, 1833–1898)
Studio Assistant
Matthew William Webb
(British painter, c. 1851–1924)
MediumChalk on laid paper
Dimensionssheet: 9 1/2 × 13 1/8 in. (24.1 × 33.3 cm)
Credit LineF. V. du Pont Acquisition Fund and Gift of Paul R. Miles, 1992
Object number1992-75.4
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThe fairy tale of “Sleeping Beauty” was a subject with which Burne-Jones seems to have been particularly preoccupied as he returned to it repeatedly, culminating in the "Briar Rose" series, of which “The Council Chamber” is an example. Numerous preparatory sketches such as this one survive, conveying the artist’s infatuation with this imaginary dream world. Here, the base of the thrown is apparent at the far right of each of the two sketches for the pavement of the council chamber.
