Wheel of fortune

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Wheel of fortune

Credit

By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales

Image ID

2328

Accession number

NMW A 206

Title

Value

Wheel of fortune

Identification

Identifier	Type

Creator

Name	Role

BURNE-JONES, Sir Edward

Material

Value

organic materials
oil

Technique

Value

oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting

Category

Value

Painting
Fine Art

Usage

Value

Creation date

01/01/1882

31/12/1882

Period

Period

1882 ca

Additional information

This unfinished painting of about 1882 depicts the medieval theme of the wheel of fortune, which lifts or abases man as it is turned by the goddess Fortuna. The drawing of the nudes and the drapery of the goddess reveal the artist's careful study of Michelangelo.

Keywords

Value

Record to be verified
Allegory
Figure study
Pre-Raphaelitism
MYTHOLOGY AND FANTASY
PEOPLE
ART AND DESIGN MOVEMENTS

Monochrome or colour

Colour

Place

Value	Tag

Full size width

2,406 px

Full size height

5,040 px

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