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Painting of a knight in armor and a woman in red gazing into a hexagonal glass-topped box holding a reflected severed head, set in a garden with apple trees.

The Baleful Head

A knight in blue-grey armor leans over a hexagonal box with a glass top in a flowering garden, looking down at a severed head with serpent-like hair reflected within it. A woman in a red robe bends toward the box while another figure watches from behind the apple trees, in rich, jewel-like painted color.

Artist
Edward Burne-Jones
Date
1885
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
2067 × 2500 px
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Public domain · Edward Burne-Jones died 1898 and the work dates by 1885; 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: La cabeza funesta, de Edward Burne-Jones

Un caballero con armadura azul grisácea se inclina sobre una caja hexagonal con tapa de cristal en un jardín florido, mirando la cabeza cortada con cabellos de serpientes que se refleja en su interior. Una mujer con túnica roja se inclina hacia la caja mientras otra figura observa desde detrás de los manzanos, con colores intensos y joyantes.

Português: A Cabeça Funesta, de Edward Burne-Jones

Um cavaleiro com armadura azul-acinzentada inclina-se sobre uma caixa hexagonal com tampo de vidro em um jardim florido, olhando para a cabeça decepada de cabelos de serpente refletida em seu interior. Uma mulher de manto vermelho curva-se em direção à caixa enquanto outra figura observa por trás das macieiras, em cores intensas e joiantes.

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