Sponsa de Libano [SEP] collection
bride are white lilies, symbolising her virginity. The pose of the bride is inspired by Botticelli's figures. The painting is based on an earlier design by Burne-Jones for a tapestry.
"Sponsa de Libano" forms part of the Victorian collection in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is painted in gouache and tempera on paper and measures by . The picture was purchased by the gallery in 1896. In the same year the gallery purchased a study for the painting. This had been
(1887), Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University.
- "The Star of Bethlehem" (1887–91), Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Birmingham.
- "The Nativity" (1888), Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh.
- "The King and the Shepherd" (1888), Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh.
- "The Heart of the Rose" (1889), private collection.
1890s.
- "Sponsa de Libano" or "The Bride of Lebanon