
The Beguiling of Merlin 受騙的梅林
Painting Date: 1874
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 186.2 x 110.5 cm
Location: Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpool, England
一幅以亞瑟王傳奇為藍本的作品:亞瑟王的姐姐摩根女爵為了摧毀亞瑟王朝派女巫薇薇安跟隨梅林學習魔法, 薇薇安騙取梅林的愛情和信任,最終用梅林自己設下的魔法捉住梅林。這是亞瑟王朝衰落的開始
詩人丁納生(Tennyson)在Idylls of the Kings中描述薇薇安如何欺騙梅林說出可以束縛住人的咒語:
A storm was coming, but the winds were still
And in the wild woods of Broceliande
Before an oak, so hollow, huge and old…
At Merlin’s feet the wily Vivien lay
…
lissome-limbed, she
Writhed towards him, slided up his knee and sat,
Behind his ankle twined her hollow feet
Together, curved an arm about his neck,
Clung like a snake.

The Arming of Perseus 武裝珀耳修斯
Painting Date: 1885
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: Unknown
Location: Private Collection
國王讓珀耳修斯去割下美杜莎的頭,在魔法師Quicksilver的幫助下找到了林澤仙女,林澤仙女給珀耳修斯暗之頭盔(可使人隱形),有翼的涼鞋(給與飛行的力量),和神奇的羊皮口袋(用來裝美杜莎的頭)。
注意本圖頗有抽象意味的背景。

The Baleful Head 美杜莎的頭
Painting Date: 1886-87
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: Unknown
Location: Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany
珀耳修斯通過水井的反射向埃塞爾比亞公主展示美杜莎的頭(任何人直接看到美杜莎都會變成石頭)

Atlas Turned to Stone 亞特拉斯被變成石頭
Painting Date: Unknown
Medium: Unknown
Size: Unknown
Location: Unknown
巨人亞特拉斯因向宙斯挑戰,因此神讓他撐起天空作為懲罰。亞特拉斯在希臘語中就是“負重的人”的意思。珀耳修斯向亞特拉斯展示美杜莎的頭,把他變為石頭。
對于亞特拉斯糾結的肌肉的描寫頗有米開朗基羅的風味。
