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An Idyll by Edward Burne-Jones

An Idyll

Edward Burne-Jones · 1862

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DETAILS
Artist
Edward Burne-Jones
Date
1862
Location
Birmingham Museums Trust
ART MOVEMENTS
AestheticismArts and Crafts movement
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THE ARTIST

Edward Burne-Jones

Pre-Raphaelite painter who transformed medieval legends into dreamlike tapestries of romance and melancholy.

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