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26 de nov. de 2021 · Despite being married, Burne-Jones was smitten with the vivacious and striking young woman. She became the inspiration for his art and Euphrosyne encouraged Zambaco to pose for Burne-Jones – for Euphrosyne he painted Maria as Galatea, the classical idea of feminine and artistic perfection and he painted her as Psyche, the mortal maiden who was so beautiful that Cupid himself fell in love ...
Maria (née Cassavetti) Zambaco (1843-1914) Zambaco studied painting with Burne-Jones in the 1860s and 1870s. There is no evidence that she exhibited her paintings, neither is it known whether she sold any works privately, and only one example, a watercolour, A Lady on a Staircase (unknown date), held in a private collection, is extant. However ...
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.
7 de abr. de 2024 · María escogió de marido al Dr Zambaco en 1860, con quien vivió en Francia y tuvo un hijo y una hija. El matrimonio no prosperó y María volvió a Londres a vivir con su madre en 1866. Burne-Jones la conoció en 1866, poco antes de que Maria dejara a su marido, cuando la madre de María le encargó que la retratara como Cupido y Psique y que le diera clases de dibujo dos veces por semana.
Maria Cassavetti Zambaco, who became an artist and model, was the daughter of a wealthy Greek merchant, Demetrios Cassavetti. Maria moved in the same artistic circle as her two cousins; Marie Spartali Stillman and Aglaia Ionides, upon inheriting her father’s immense fortune, in 1858, she became much more independent than most women of Victorian Britain.
