“Tristan and Isolde” was painted by Hugues Merle in 1870. Tristan and Isolde was a popular 12th century legend about a love triangle between a knight named Tristan, his uncle King Mark and a princess named Isolde. Tristan was supposed to fetch the princess to marry his uncle, but they both unknowingly drank a love potion that made them fall for each other. Here, we see them in an endearing scene while Isolde is distracted by a dog. Some versions of the legend ends tragically while in some stories, they had children named after themselves.
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