The Beguiling of Merlin

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The Beguiling of Merlin is a famous 1874 painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones depicting the Arthurian sorceress Nimue enchanting and imprisoning the wizard Merlin.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf painting
artForm oil painting
artStyle Pre-Raphaelite art
surface form: "Pre-Raphaelite"
basedOn Arthurian legend
collection Lady Lever Art Gallery
colorPalette earthy colors
muted tones
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Edward Burne-Jones
depicts Arthurian legend
Merlin
Nimue
book or scroll of spells
emotional tension between figures
female enchantress
forest setting
magic
moment of magical entrapment
old bearded man
sorcery
describedBySource art historical literature
museum catalogues
genre history painting
mythological painting
hasEffectOn reputation of Edward Burne-Jones
hasPart figure of Merlin
figure of Nimue
hasTheme betrayal
fate
magic and knowledge
power dynamics
seduction
inception 1874
inspiredBy Arthurian legend
surface form: "Arthurian romances"

medieval romance literature
languageOfWorkOrName English
location England
Merseyside
Port Sunlight
United Kingdom
mainSubject enchantment of Merlin
imprisonment of Merlin
movement Pre-Raphaelite art
surface form: "Pre-Raphaelite"
notableWorkOf Edward Burne-Jones
partOf Pre-Raphaelite art
surface form: "Pre-Raphaelite art canon"
publicationDate 1874
title The Beguiling of Merlin

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edward Burne-Jones notableWork The Beguiling of Merlin
Pre-Raphaelite art notableWork The Beguiling of Merlin
The Beguiling of Merlin title The Beguiling of Merlin