English: The inspiration for this painting is "The Faerie Queene", by Edmund Spenser from the end of the 1500s.
The enchantress Acrasia is depicted in the 'Bower of Bliss' surrounded by handmaidens with a knight at her mercy.
Date
circa 1888
date QS:P571,+1888-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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