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和牧师及其他人一起躺在病床上的人-戈德弗里德·梅斯
~ Man on his Deathbed with Priest and Others--Godfried Maes (Flemish, 1649–1700)
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在塔楼楼梯上会面,海莱尔和希尔德布兰德-弗雷德里克·威廉·伯顿
-This watercolour was inspired by a medieval 丹麦画家 ballad, translated by the artist’s friend Whitley Stokes and published in Fraser’s Magazine in 1855.
It tells the story of Hellelil, who falls in love with one of her personal guards, Hildebrand, Prince of Engelland. Her disapproving father orders his sons to kill the gallant prince but Hildebrand slays Hellelil‘s brothers, sparing the youngest at her request. Sadly, however, Hildebrand dies of his wounds. Instead of illustrating a violent episode from this tragic story, Burton has chosen to depict the ill-fated lovers in a tender, poignant embrace.