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Oil painting of a woman in profile with wavy auburn hair, eyes lowered, holding a pale book to her chest against a dark brown background.

Head of Nimue

A painted head and shoulders of a woman with wavy auburn hair, turned in profile to the left with eyes lowered and lips parted. One hand presses a pale book to her chest, and softly folded dark drapery fills the lower frame against a shadowy brown ground.

Artist
Edward Burne-Jones
Date
1873
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
800 × 1207 px
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Public domain · Edward Burne-Jones died 1898 and the work dates by 1873; 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: Cabeza de Nimue, Burne-Jones (1873)

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Português: Cabeça de Nimue, Burne-Jones (1873)

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