Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco 1843-1914

Before 29th April 1843 [her father] Demetrios Cassavetti and [her mother] Euphrosyne m Cassavetti were married.

On 29th April 1843 Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco was born to Demetrios Cassavetti and Euphrosyne m Cassavetti.

In 1858 [her father] Demetrios Cassavetti died. His daughter Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco [aged 14] inherited his fortune allowing her to live an independent life.

In 1860 Dr Zambaco and Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco [aged 16] were married.

1866. Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet [aged 32]. Study of Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco [aged 22].

In 1866 Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco [aged 22] left her husband in France and returned to London to live with her mother around which time she first met Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet [aged 32].

1870. Dante Gabriel Rossetti [aged 41]. Portrait of Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco [aged 26].

1870. Dante Gabriel Rossetti [aged 41]. Portrait of Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco [aged 26].

1870. Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet [aged 36]. "The Mill: Girls Dancing to Music by a River". Left to right: Maria Zambaco [aged 26], Marie Spartali Stillman [aged 25], and Aglaïa Coronio née Ionides [aged 35].

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Around 1870. Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet [aged 36]. "Phyllis and Demophoon". Model Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco [aged 26]. The moment after the embraces the almond tree into which she was said to have transformed after death.

Around 1870. Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet [aged 36]. Study of Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco [aged 26].

1870. Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet [aged 36]. Portrait of Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco [aged 26].

Around 1870. Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet [aged 36]. "Cupid and Psyche". The models Marie Spartali aka Stillman [aged 25] and Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco [aged 26].

1871. Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet [aged 37]. Drawing of Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco [aged 27].

1874 to 1877. Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet [aged 40]. "The Beguiling of Merlin". Model Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco [aged 30]. In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map]. The painting was commissioned by Frederick Richards Leyland [aged 42].

Before 1880 Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco [aged 36] studied art at the Slade School of Art under Alphonse Legros and Auguste Rodin.

1882. Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet [aged 48]. "The Tree of Forgiveness". Model Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco [aged 38].

On 14th July 1914 Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco [aged 71] died.