The End of the Song is a painting by the English artist Edmund Blair Leighton (1852-1922) that was made in 1902. It depicts a scene from the Medieval romance Tristan and Isolde.
In the artwork we can see the tragic lovers sitting outside on a bench. To the right we can see King Mark, the husband of Isolde, looking at the couple with a growing suspicion.
Why is the painting's title supposed to mean? Does it refer to Tristan's harp that he has stopped playing in order to chat with Isolde? Or does it mean that their love song is about to end as Isolde's husband discovers the truth?
This painting is typical of the medieval scenes that Leighton liked to paint. It represents the middle ages as bright and shiny merry old England of brave knights and fair maidens.
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