Edward Burne-Jones · 1875–78
Pygmalion and the Image: The Godhead Fires
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The statue comes to life: Pygmalion and Galatea face each other, doves and scattered roses at their feet, the sculptor's tools lying on a table at right, a red curtain at left. Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
Up to 16 × 21.1 in · portrait
Size
Larger sizes are unavailable for this painting because the source scan's resolution wouldn't print at gallery quality.
Format & finish
Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.
Scale next to a 5'10" person
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Materials & quality
›Canvas & inks
Giclée-printed on archival cotton canvas with fade-resistant pigment inks, hand-stretched over wooden bars. Gallery-wrapped — ready to hang with no extra frame needed.
›Floater frame
Hand-finished solid wood floater frame in five finishes. The canvas sits inside with a clean shadow gap — the way galleries hang contemporary canvas.
›Posters
Premium archival paper — 200 gsm soft matte or 230 gsm vibrant glossy. Ships flat or rolled, ready for your own frame.
›Faithful to the source
Printed from the highest-resolution museum and archive scans available. Each painting's maximum size is capped at what its source scan can support at gallery quality.
The story of Pygmalion and the Image: The Godhead Fires
Pygmalion and the Image is the second series of four oil paintings on the Pygmalion story by Burne-Jones, completed between 1875 and 1878. It is housed at the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. Despite being painted in oils, the series has the sheen and soft tones of chalk.
Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Edward Burne-Jones
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1st Baronet, was an English painter and designer associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood's style and subject matter.
All Edward Burne-Jones prints →Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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