Who painted “King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid”?

“King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid” was painted by Edward Burne-Jones in 1884. Where to see it: National Gallery.

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Pre-Raphaelite: intense colour, hard-edged detail everywhere at once, flowing hair and medieval or literary subjects; Academic art of the time is smoother and more classical.

Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1st Baronet (28 August 1833 – 17 June 1898), was an English painter and designer associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood's style and subject matter. Wikipedia

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“The Beguiling of Merlin”, 1872
“The Golden Stairs”, 1880
“Hope”, 1896
“The Merciful Knight”, 1863
“The Wheel of Fortune”, 1883
“The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon”, 1881
“Love Among the Ruins”
“The Mirror of Venus.”, 1877