The Lament 1866

"The Lament" (1866) by Edward Burne-Jones is a Pre-Raphaelite painting featuring two figures in a melancholic setting. A young woman, dressed in a flowing red robe, holds a lyre and appears to be singing a mournful song, while a man in blue robes sits with his head bowed in grief. The rose vines that frame the scene and the fallen petals suggest a theme of love and loss, a common motif in Burne-Jones' work. The painting's dreamy, otherworldly atmosphere is characteristic of Pre-Raphaelite art, which sought to revive the style and techniques of Italian Renaissance masters before Raphael.