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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.
Marie Spartali Stillman, Aglaia Ionides Coronio and Maria Cassavetti Zambaco, known as The Three Graces, owing to their Greek roots, beauty and intellect, grew up surrounded by prominent figures of the British, Victorian art world.
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 (née Cassavetti) 1843-1914. Maria Zambaco and her cousins Marie Spartali and Aglaia Coronio - daughters of wealthy expatriate Greeks - were nicknamed ‘The Three Graces’ in London, where they were famed for their looks, wealth, independence of mind, and intelligence.
