# Sponsa de Libano > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sponsa_de_Libano > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sponsa_de_Libano.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sponsa_de_Libano > Source revision: 1233063616 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1891 painting by Edward Burne-Jones Sponsa de Libano Artist Edward Burne-Jones Year 1891 Type Gouache and tempera on paper Dimensions 332.5 cm × 155.5 cm (130.9 in × 61.2 in) Location Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool ***Sponsa de Libano*** (***The Bride of Lebanon***) is a painting by the [Pre-Raphaelite](/source/Pre-Raphaelite) artist [Edward Burne-Jones](/source/Edward_Burne-Jones) dated 1891. The painting is based on extracts from the [Song of Solomon](/source/Song_of_Songs) in the Bible.[1] "Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse ..."[2] "Awake, O north wind; and come thou south; blow upon my garden ..."[3] It may be relevant that at her appearance in [Dante](/source/Dante)'s *[Purgatorio](/source/Purgatorio)* [Beatrice](/source/Beatrice_Portinari) is accompanied by a group of female attendants singing *Veni sponsa de Libano* from the *Song* (*Purgatorio*, Canto XXX, line 12).[4] The painting shows the bride walking in the garden with female [personifications](/source/Personification) of the two winds blowing towards her. On each side of the bride are white lilies, symbolising her virginity. The pose of the bride is inspired by [Botticelli's](/source/Sandro_Botticelli) figures. The painting is based on an earlier design by Burne-Jones for a [tapestry](/source/Tapestry).[5] *Sponsa de Libano* forms part of the [Victorian](/source/Victorian_era) collection in the [Walker Art Gallery](/source/Walker_Art_Gallery), [Liverpool](/source/Liverpool), [Merseyside](/source/Merseyside), England. It is painted in [gouache](/source/Gouache) and [tempera](/source/Tempera) on paper and measures 332.5 centimetres (131 in) by 155.5 centimetres (61 in). The picture was purchased by the gallery in 1896.[5] In the same year the gallery purchased a study for the painting. This had been prepared in about 1891, drawn in chalk on paper, and shows the head used for one of the winds. The model was a twelve-year-old Jewish girl, who modelled for both winds, and was told to "look wild and blow with your lips". The study is now held by the [Lady Lever Art Gallery](/source/Lady_Lever_Art_Gallery) in [Port Sunlight](/source/Port_Sunlight), Merseyside.[6] ## See also - [List of paintings by Edward Burne-Jones](/source/List_of_paintings_by_Edward_Burne-Jones) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [*Study for Sponsa de Libano*](https://web.archive.org/web/20060524112720/http://liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ladylever/exhibitions/drawings/studies/sponsadelibano.asp), [National Museums Liverpool](/source/National_Museums_Liverpool), archived from [the original](http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ladylever/exhibitions/drawings/studies/sponsadelibano.asp) on 24 May 2006, retrieved 24 April 2010 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Chapter 4, verse 8, [King James Version](/source/Authorized_King_James_Version) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Chapter 4, verse 16, [King James Version](/source/Authorized_King_James_Version) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Greave, Alastair, in *The Pre-Raphaelites*, pp 210-211, 1984 (exhibition catalogue, various authors), Tate Gallery, London, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0713916389](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0713916389) 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-wag_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-wag_5-1) *The Walker Art Gallery*, London: Scala, 1994, p. 76, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-85759-037-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85759-037-6) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [*Study for Sponsa de Libano*](https://web.archive.org/web/20060524112720/http://liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ladylever/exhibitions/drawings/studies/sponsadelibano.asp), [National Museums Liverpool](/source/National_Museums_Liverpool), archived from [the original](http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ladylever/exhibitions/drawings/studies/sponsadelibano.asp) on 24 May 2006, retrieved 24 April 2010 ## Further reading - Wildman, S (1998). [*Edward Burne-Jones, Victorian artist-dreamer*](http://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15324coll10/id/67586). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. v t e Edward Burne-Jones List of paintings Paintings The Merciful Knight (1863) The Sleeping Beauty (1871–1873) Love Among the Ruins (1873) The Beguiling of Merlin (1872–1877) Pygmalion and the Image series (1875–1878) The Wheel of Fortune (1875–1883) The Golden Stairs (1876–1880) The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon (1881–1898) The Flower Book (1882–1898) The Mill (1882) King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid (1884) The Legend of Briar Rose (1885–1890) The Garden of Pan (1886) The Nativity (1887) Star of Bethlehem (1890) Sponsa de Libano (1891) Vespertina Quies (1893) Hope (1896) Murals Oxford Union murals (1857–1859) (co-artist) Tapestries Adoration of the Magi (1890) Holy Grail tapestries (1891–1894) Related Georgiana Burne-Jones (wife) Philip Burne-Jones (son) Angela Thirkell (granddaughter) Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood Morris & Co. Tristram and Isoude stained glass panels Great Bookcase Maria Zambaco (model) v t e Song of Songs Bible chapters Song of Songs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Places Carmel Damascus En-gedi Gilead Heshbon Jerusalem Jezreel Kedar Lebanon Mount Hermon Sharon Tirzah Zion People Amminadib David Shulamite Solomon Queen of Sheba Phrases Ivory tower Lily of the valley Rose of Sharon Veniat dilectus meus Analysis Shir HaShirim Rabbah Shir ha-Shirim Zutta Israelian Hebrew Five Megillot Poetic Books In art The Song of Songs (1853 painting) The Beloved (Rossetti) Sponsa de Libano Song of Songs (Tschirch) Manuscripts 4Q106 4Q107 4Q108 6Q6 4Q240 (pesher) Sources Hebrew Bible Septuagint Wycliffe Version King James Version American Standard Version World English Version --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Sponsa de Libano](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sponsa_de_Libano) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sponsa_de_Libano?action=history)). 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