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Painting of a red-haired mermaid holding a fish above turquoise waves, with a silvery tail and leaping fish under a pale blue sky, in a gilded frame.

A Sea-Nymph

A red-haired mermaid with a pale, bare torso rises above turquoise waves, holding a fish aloft in one hand and a shell-like object in the other. Her scaled, silvery-green tail curls through the water beneath, while more fish leap and swim around her under a pale blue sky. The painting is set in an ornate gilded frame.

Artist
Edward Burne-Jones
Date
1881
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3840 × 3833 px
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Public domain · Edward Burne-Jones died 1898 and the work dates by 1881; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Edward Burne-Jones, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Español: Una ninfa del mar, Edward Burne-Jones, 1881

Una sirena de cabello rojizo y torso desnudo y pálido emerge de olas turquesas, sosteniendo un pez en alto con una mano y un objeto parecido a una concha en la otra. Su cola escamosa, de tono verde plateado, se curva bajo el agua, mientras otros peces saltan y nadan a su alrededor bajo un cielo azul pálido.

Português: Uma ninfa do mar, Edward Burne-Jones, 1881

Uma sereia de cabelos ruivos e torso nu e pálido ergue-se sobre ondas turquesa, segurando um peixe no alto com uma mão e um objeto semelhante a uma concha na outra. Sua cauda escamosa, de tom verde-prateado, desliza pela água, enquanto outros peixes saltam e nadam ao redor sob um céu azul-claro.

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