Art Authority Museum3

The Sleeping Princess

By: Sir Edward Burne-Jones
Date: 1874
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 126 x 237 cm
Location: Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane

This painting, one of a series, portrays the moment where the sleeping princess, Briar Rose, lies under the spell of the enchanted sleep, surrounded by thorns and brambles as the forest grows around her palace.