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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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
Avalon
surface form: island of Avalon

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

medieval romance literature
languageOfWork none
locatedIn Ponce, Puerto Rico
surface form: Ponce

Puerto Rico
location Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico
surface form: 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