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Artists›Edward Burne-Jones

Edward Burne-Jones

1833–1898

WA-00016075

Birmingham, UK

PaintingArt NouveauSymbolism

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

108

Works in Collection

199

Assets Indexed

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Publications Referenced

90%

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Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ216406

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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The Symbolist Aesthetic

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980–1981

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Symbolism, Synthesists, and the Fin-de-Si�cle

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1972

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Art Nouveau

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960

Field Verification (3 fields)

1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
BiographyWikipedia· 88%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (3)

Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/edward-burne-jones
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/879
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

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Movement

Art Nouveau

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (108)

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Beauty from L'Estampe Moderne, Number 22

1899 · Lithograph from a portfolio of four lithographs

Museum of Modern Art

L'Estampe Moderne: Cinquantes Estampes Originales Inédites en Couleur et Noir des Principaux Artistes Modernes Français et Étrangers, Vol. II

1898 · Bound volume containing 50 lithographs, each with a tissue paper guard

Overall: 41.1 x 32.8 x 2.4 cm (16 3/16 x 12 15/16 x 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Headpiece (page 112) from THE WORKS

1893

composition 4 13/16 x 6 1/2" (12.2 x 16.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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In-text plate (page 170) from THE WORKS

1893

composition 5 1/16 x 6 9/16" (12.9 x 16.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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In-text plate (page 132) from THE WORKS

1893

composition 4 13/16 x 6 1/2" (12.2 x 16.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Headpiece (page 426) from THE WORKS

1893

composition 4 15/16 x 6 1/2" (12.6 x 16.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Headpiece (page 470) from THE WORKS

1893

composition 4 15/16 x 6 1/2" (12.5 x 16.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Headpiece (page 241) from THE WORKS

1893

composition 4 3/4 x 6 7/16" (12 x 16.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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In-text plate (page 129) from THE WORKS

1893

composition 5 x 6 1/2" (12.7 x 16.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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In-text plate (page 134) from THE WORKS

1893

composition 4 13/16 x 6 7/16" (12.2 x 16.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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In-text plate (page 161) from THE WORKS

1893

composition 5 1/8 x 6 5/8" (13 x 16.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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In-text plate (page 163) from THE WORKS

1893

composition 5 x 6 1/2" (12.8 x 16.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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In-text plate (page 165) from THE WORKS

1893

composition 4 15/16 x 6 9/16" (12.6 x 16.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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In-text plate (page 15) from THE WORKS

1893

composition 4 13/16 x 6 1/2" (12.2 x 16.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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In-text plate (page 240) from THE WORKS

1893

composition 5 x 6 1/2" (12.8 x 16.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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In-text plate (page 501) from THE WORKS

1893

composition 4 15/16 x 6 1/2" (12.5 x 16.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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In-text plate (page 250) from THE WORKS

1893

composition 4 13/16 x 6 1/2" (12.3 x 16.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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In-text plate (page 253) from THE WORKS

1893

composition 5 x 6 1/2" (12.7 x 16.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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In-text plate (page 275) from THE WORKS

1893

composition 4 15/16 x 6 1/2" (12.5 x 16.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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In-text plate (page 23) from THE WORKS

1893

composition 5 1/8 x 6 5/8" (13 x 16.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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In-text plate (page 60) from THE WORKS

1893

composition 5 1/8 x 6 1/2" (13 x 16.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Tailpiece (page 553) from THE WORKS

1893

composition 4 15/16 x 6 9/16" (12.6 x 16.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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In-text plate (page 252) from THE WORKS

1893

composition 5 x 6 7/16" (12.7 x 16.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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In-text plate (page 464) from THE WORKS

1893

composition 4 15/16 x 6 1/2" (12.5 x 16.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (4)

108 published of 197 catalogued · 20 with image

MoMA
88 publishedof 177 catalogued
Art Institute Chicago
7 published7 img
The Met
7 published7 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
6 published6 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 5)

5 entries · 1 sources

Psyche Throwing Herself into the River
1865 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Garden Court
1870 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
L'Estampe Moderne: Cinquantes Estampes Originales Inédites en Couleur et Noir des Principaux Artistes Modernes Français et Étrangers, Vol. II
1898 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Study for the Failure of Gawain from the Holy Grail Tapestries
1893 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Study of a Female Figure
1885 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

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Relationships

Movements2

Art Nouveau Symbolism

Collections5

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Auction house

Christie's

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition The Symbolist Aesthetic

New York · 1980

Group Exhibition Symbolism, Synthesists, and the Fin-de-Si�cle

New York · 1972

Group Exhibition Art Nouveau

New York · 1960