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The Merciful Knight
The Merciful Knight is a watercolour by the pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones which was completed in 1863 and is currently housed at the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.
History.
This picture is based on an 11th-century legend retold by Sir Kenelm Digby in "Broadstone of Honour", its hero is a Florentine knight named John Gualbert (an anglicisation of Giovanni Gualberto). The explanatory inscription provided by Burne-Jones tells the viewer "of a knight who forgave his enemy when
Holy Sepulchre in Berlin.
- 2015: Honorary member of the "Real Academia Sancti Ambrosii Martyris" (Ferentino/Italy) as well as delegate of this academy in Germany.
- 2015: Knight Commander of the Order of Holy Sepulchre.
- 2016: Member of the Royal and Merciful Society of the Bearer of Medals and Awards of Belgium.
- 2017: Knight of the Order of the Belgian Cross awarded by the Royal and Merciful Society of the Bearer of Medals and Awards of Belgium.
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