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Maria Zambaco (29 April 1843, London – 14 July 1914, Paris), born Marie Terpsithea Cassavetti (Greek: Μαρία Τερψιθέα Κασσαβέτη, sometimes spelled Maria Tepsithia Kassavetti or referred to as Mary), was a British artist's model of Greek descent, favoured by the Pre-Raphaelites.
Maria Zambaco, nata Marie Terpsithea Cassavetti è stata una modella e artista britannica, di origine greca, appartenente alla Confraternita dei Preraffaelliti.
Maria Zambaco in Cupid and Psyche by Sir Edward Burne-Jones. Born into a wealthy Anglo-Greek family, Maria was an accomplished artist who studied under sculptor Auguste Rodin. She also appears in works by several Pre-Raphaelite artists, including Sir Edward Burne-Jones, who became her lover.
Maria Zambaco, born Marie Terpsithea Cassavetti, was a British artist and model of Greek descent. She was favoured by the Pre-Raphaelites. Maria was a daughter of wealthy Anglo-Hellenic merchant Demetrios Cassavetti and his wife Euphrosyne and niece of the Greek Consul and noted patron Alexander Constantine Ionides.
Maria Zambaco was one of the Three Graces, a group of Greek cousins who became muses and models for the Pre-Raphaelite artists. Learn about her life, art and relationship with Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Burne-Jones and other Pre-Raphaelites.
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.
Maria Zambaco was a wealthy and beautiful Greek expatriate in London, who became the model and lover of the painter Burne-Jones. She studied sculpture with Legros and Rodin, and created portrait medallions of her family and friends.
