Thursday, May 22, 2014

EDWARD BURNE-JONES

The Beguiling of Merlin  (1872-77)


No.40

Burne-Jones 1833-98 was a British artist and designer associated with the Pre-Raphaelites. The painting depicts a scene from Arthurian legend, the infatuation of Merlin for Nimue, the Lady of the Lake; he is trapped in a hawthorn bush while Nimue reads from a book of spells.

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