The Beguiling of Merlin

Edward Burne-Jones, 1872, Lady Lever Art Gallery

‘The Beguiling of Merlin’ is a work by Edward Burne-Jones (United Kingdom, 1833–1898). It is dated 1872. It is part of the collection Lady Lever Art Gallery. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Realism’.

It was commissioned by Frederick Richards Leyland. It is made of oil paint and canvas. It measures 186 × 111 cm. The work belongs to the genre Arthurian painting. The things depicted include Merlin.