I know a maiden fair to see, take care, 1868 (oil by The Fine Art Masters
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1½ inches thick (3.75 cm)
Product Details Artist grade canvas, archival inks, wooden stretcher bars, and UVB protective coating
Product Details Artist grade canvas, archival inks, wooden stretcher bars, and UVB protective coating
Artist The Fine Art Masters Platinum Member
Collection FineArtMasters
Description I know a maiden fair to see, take care, 1868 (oil on paper laid down on canvas) by Perugini, Charles Edward (1839-1918); This picture illustrates a passage from a German ballad translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 1843: 'I know a maiden fair to see, / Take care! / She can both false and friendly be, / Beware! Beware! / Trust her not / She is fooling thee.'
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Product No 4733940
Subjects German, People, Portrait, World Culture
Style Fine Art
Medium
Tags 19th, Appearances, Art Masters, Gilt, Old-fashioned, The Fine, a, aesthetic, and, appearance, art, artwork, ballad, beauty, beware, blonde, bracelet, care, caucasian, century, charles, clothing, danger, deceit, deceitful, deceptive, dissembling, downcast, dressed, earrings, elegant, europe, european, eyes, fair, false, fan, fashion, fatale, female, femme, fine, frame, friendly, gaze, gazing, german, gold, gown, graceful, hands, head, i, jewelry, know, lace, lyrics, maiden, misleading, necklace, nineteenth, opulent, painting, paintings, pearl, perugini, poised, pose, posing, pre, pre-raphaelite, pretend, raphaelite, rings, round, roundel, ruffled, ruffles, seduction, seductive, see, shoulders, silk, sleeves, song, stare, take, teardrop, to, tradition, traditional, trust, untrustworthy, warning, wealth, woman
Product No 4733940
Subjects German, People, Portrait, World Culture
Style Fine Art
Medium
Tags 19th, Appearances, Art Masters, Gilt, Old-fashioned, The Fine, a, aesthetic, and, appearance, art, artwork, ballad, beauty, beware, blonde, bracelet, care, caucasian, century, charles, clothing, danger, deceit, deceitful, deceptive, dissembling, downcast, dressed, earrings, elegant, europe, european, eyes, fair, false, fan, fashion, fatale, female, femme, fine, frame, friendly, gaze, gazing, german, gold, gown, graceful, hands, head, i, jewelry, know, lace, lyrics, maiden, misleading, necklace, nineteenth, opulent, painting, paintings, pearl, perugini, poised, pose, posing, pre, pre-raphaelite, pretend, raphaelite, rings, round, roundel, ruffled, ruffles, seduction, seductive, see, shoulders, silk, sleeves, song, stare, take, teardrop, to, tradition, traditional, trust, untrustworthy, warning, wealth, woman