The Mill (Burne-Jones painting)
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| Artist | Sir Edward Burne-Jones |
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| Completion date | 1882 |
| Type | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 91 cm × 197 cm (36 in × 78 in)[1] |
| Location | Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
The Mill is an Aesthetic Movement, Renaissance-inspired oil on canvas painting completed by Edward Burne-Jones in 1882. It is a mysterious painting with no particular meaning. The painting's main feature is three women dancing in front of a mill pond on a summer evening, with a vague wooded landscape spanning the background. The Mill is currently in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Background
Edward Burne-Jones took twelve years to complete The Mill, starting work in 1870[1] and completing it in 1882.[2] Shortly after its completion, the painting was displayed at an exhibition at the Grosvenor Gallery.[3] The Mill was inspired by The Allegory of Good and Bad Government, a mural painted by Italian Renaissance artist Ambrogio Lorenzetti between 1338 and 1340.[4]
Painting
The Mill is an oil on canvas painting. It is 91 centimetres (36 in) in height, and 197 centimetres (78 in) in width.[1]
The Mill is a vague and mysterious painting with no particular meaning.[3] It incorporates styles from the Aesthetic Movement and the Renaissance.[5] In the painting, three women wearing simple, Renaissance-style aesthetic dresses[3] are dancing in a garden on a summer evening. On the right of the dancing women, a musician of an indiscernible gender is standing under a loggia.[1][5] A mill pond can be seen behind the women.[5] On the other side of the pond, there are several nude men, who are presumably swimming. In the background is an unspecific landscape consisting of various designs and types of architecture.[1]
The dancing women in the painting were modelled upon women known to Burne-Jones personally: from left to right, Aglaia Coronio, Marie Stillman, and Maria Zambaco.[6] Aglaia was the daughter of Constantine Ionides, who, like Burne-Jones, was interested in art. Marie was a painter,[3] and Maria was Ionides' granddaughter.[5] At the time, Maria was Burne-Jones' mistress.[3]
Ownership
Constantine Ionides bought the painting on 21 April 1882 for £905.[5] It is currently housed in the Victoria and Albert Museum, in London.[2]
See also
References
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Further Reading
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