La Belle Dame sans Merci by Sir Frank Dicksee (1853-1928), oil on canvas, circa 1901. Given by Mrs Yda Richardson, 1913.
This painting has been a highlight of Bristol Museum & Art Gallery's collection since 1913.The artist Frank Dicksee took inspiration from John Keat's poetry: Blind to the beauties of the countryside around him, a young, doomed knight surrenders himself to La Belle sans Merci (The Beautiful Lady without Mercy).
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