King René's Honeymoon Cabinet

This inlaid oak cabinet depicting episodes from King René's Honeymoon was a collaborative project, including painted panels by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Burne-Jones, Ford Madox-Brown and Val Prinsep. Rossetti's contributions included Music and Gardening, both of which were made into independent works (see the oil painting of Music, and the watercolour of Gardening, both from 1864). Burne-Jones painted the scenes for Painting and Sculpture, while Ford Madox Brown contributed Architecture. The rest of the smaller scenes, representative of the applied arts, were designed by Val Prinsep, including one depicting Ironwork, for which William Morris is thought to be the model. In 1862, the four largest designs ( Music, Painting, Sculpture and Architecture) were transformed into stained glass by The Morris Firm, and are now in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum.

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