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Born into a wealthy Anglo-Greek family, Maria was an accomplished artist who studied under sculptor Auguste Rodin. She also appears in works by several Pre-Raphaelite artists, including Sir Edward Burne-Jones, who became her lover. Maria Zambaco as Nimue in The Beguiling of Merlin, Sir Edward Burne-Jones. Maria was highly spirited and flouted ...
Maria Zambaco (born Cassavetti) was a first cousin of Constantine Ionides. She was a sculptor, although she remains better known as a model for other artists. Her features appear repeatedly in the paintings of Rossetti's friend Edward Burne-Jones, whose affair with the tempestuous Zambaco in the late 1860s came close to wrecking his domestic and artistic existence.(May 2008)
Marie Spartali Stillman, Aglaia Ionides Coronio and Maria Cassavetti Zambaco, known as The Three Graces, owing to their Greek roots, beauty and intellect, grew up surrounded by prominent figures of the British, Victorian art world. Specifically, the Pre Raphaelite artists, who not only influenced their lives and careers but became firm friends and even lovers.
This is an 1870 Portrait of Pre-Rathaelite model Maria Zambacoby painted by British artist Edward Burne-Jones. Edward Burne-Jones was associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood of painters in the 19th century, a movement that promoted a Medieval style of art as an alternative to the influence of the Renaissance. Burne-Jones also advocated ...
7 de abr. de 2024 · Maria Cassavetti Zambaco. en 7 abril, 2024 por mujeresparapensar en Mujeres para pensar. 29.04.1843 – 14.07.1914. Escultora y modelo de origen griego de gran belleza y mente independiente, que inspiró a los artistas prerrafaelitas. El hermoso perfil y el cabello pelirrojo de María Zambaco la convirtieron en una de las musas prerrafaelitas ...
other name: Zambaco, Maria Terpsithia. Details. individual; sculptor/medallist; British; Greek; Female. Life dates. 1843-1914. Biography. Sculptor; medallist; married Demetrius Zambaco in Paris in 1861. Model and lover of Sir Edward Burne-Jones and pupil of Alphonse Legros (qq.v.). Exhibited portrait-medallions at the Paris Salon.
Maria Zambaco nace el 29 de abril de 1843 en Londres. María era hija del rico comerciante anglo-helénico Demetrios Cassavetti. Después de heredar la fortuna de su padre en 1858, ella fue capaz de llevar una vida más independiente. María se dedicó al arte y estudió en la Escuela Slade con Alphonse Legros y con Auguste Rodin en París.
