Edward Burne-Jones - The Beguiling of Merlin
A scene to symbolise how even the most powerful of us can be led astray by infatuation.
Arthurian legend was a much loved subject amongst many of the pre-Raphaelite painters . And here, Edward Burne-Jones is using a particular episode in the life of the great wizard Merlin as a kind of cautionary tale.
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