The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon

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The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon is a monumental late-19th-century Pre-Raphaelite painting by Edward Burne-Jones depicting the legendary King Arthur lying in a dreamlike repose on the island of Avalon.

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The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Pre-Raphaelite painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
artForm easel painting ⓘ
artStyle highly detailed ⓘ
symbolic ⓘ
basedOn Arthurian legend ⓘ
colorPalette rich jewel tones ⓘ
commissionedBy George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle ⓘ
completionDate 1898 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Edward Burne-Jones ⓘ
creatorNationality British ⓘ
depicts Avalon ⓘ
King Arthur ⓘ
architectural canopy ⓘ
draped fabrics ⓘ
female attendants ⓘ
funerary scene ⓘ
island of Avalon ⓘ
linked to: Avalon

medieval armor ⓘ
medieval interior ⓘ
mourning figures ⓘ
sleeping King Arthur ⓘ
linked to: King Arthur
genre history painting ⓘ
mythological painting ⓘ
hasPart King Arthur’s bier ⓘ
attendant queens ⓘ
ornamental background ⓘ
inception 1881 ⓘ
influencedBy Arthurian poetry ⓘ
linked to: Arthurian legend

medieval romance literature ⓘ
languageOfWork none ⓘ
locatedIn Ponce ⓘ
linked to: Ponce, Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico ⓘ
location Museo de Arte de Ponce ⓘ
mainSubject Arthurian legend ⓘ
death of King Arthur ⓘ
materialUsed oil paint ⓘ
movement Aestheticism ⓘ
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood ⓘ
notableFor dreamlike atmosphere ⓘ
elaborate composition ⓘ
large scale ⓘ
notableWorkOf Edward Burne-Jones ⓘ
period late 19th century ⓘ
surface canvas ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted mythic Middle Ages ⓘ

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Edward Burne-Jones → notableWork → The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon ⓘ
Museo de Arte de Ponce → notableWorkInCollection → The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon ⓘ