Burne-Jones, An angel playing a flageolet

Designs inspired by one of my favorite angel pictures (Edward Burne-Jones, An angel playing a flageolet, ca 1878). Edward Burne-Jones had a fondness for historic decorative objects. Here he uses vivid reds and blues on the angel’s draperies to enhance the the splendour of the heavenly setting. The instrument of the angel, the flageolet, originated in France in the early 18th century. The artist kept this work in his studio for ten years before parting with it, so it may have been a favorite for him, too. Right now the collection holds four posters, three postcards (one of them for Christmas) and two magnets.