This image depicts “The Meeting on the Turret Stairs,” a watercolor painting by Frederic William Burton from 1864. It portrays a poignant moment between two lovers, Hellelil & Hildebrand, from a medieval Danish ballad. The painting captures their final farewell as Hildebrand descends the stairs to face Hellelil’s brothers, who were ordered to kill him by their father.
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