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Edward Burne-Jones depicts Sidonia von Bork, a legendary Pomeranian noblewoman accused of witchcraft in the sixteenth century. She stands in elaborate Renaissance dress, her beauty masking the sinister reputation that would lead to her execution.
Burne-Jones was inspired by Wilhelm Meinhold's Gothic novel Sidonia the Sorceress (1847), which the Pre-Raphaelites admired. The painting pairs with a portrait of Sidonia's virtuous cousin Clara. The contrast between beauty and evil fascinated Victorian audiences. This work hangs at Tate Britain in London.
Other masterpieces from the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood movement

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1874
Tate Britain, London
John William Waterhouse, 1888
Tate Britain, London
John Everett Millais, 1852
Tate Britain, London

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1870
Tate Britain, London

William Holman Hunt, 1854
Keble College Chapel, Oxford

John William Waterhouse, 1891
Tate Britain, London

John Everett Millais, 1850
Tate Britain, London

John William Waterhouse, 1896
Tate Britain, London
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