Home›Sacred Objects, Dress & Symbols›Sacred Art & Iconography›Vivien and Guinevere (Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gustave Dore edition)Sacred Art & IconographyVivien and Guinevere (Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gustave Dore edition)Illustrated book, 1867, Metropolitan Museum of ArtCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Vivien and Guinevere (Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gustave Dore edition)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/lady-of-the-lake-met-1973-625-7.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Vivien and Guinevere (Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gustave Dore edition). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/lady-of-the-lake-met-1973-625-7Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-vivien-and-guinevere-metropolitan-museum, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Vivien and Guinevere (Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gustave Dore edition)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/lady-of-the-lake-met-1973-625-7}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXScriptural and Theological TraditionVerifiedAn 1867 edition of Tennyson's Idylls of the King, illustrated by Gustave Dore and published by Edward Moxon & Company, titled "Vivien and Guinevere" after the two women whose stories the idyll pairs: Vivien, the enchantress who traps Merlin, and Guinevere, Arthur's queen. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithGuinevere, Figures Well-attested This source names Guinevere directly: "Moxon & Company, titled "Vivien and Guinevere" after the two women whose stories the idyll pairs: Vivien, the enchantress who traps Merlin, and Guinevere, Arthur's queen."Source Vivien and Guinevere, Metropolitan Museum of Art (Gustave Dore edition)tier 1Merlin, Figures Well-attested This source names Merlin directly: "Vivien, the enchantress who traps Merlin, and Guinevere, Arthur's queen."Source Vivien and Guinevere, Metropolitan Museum of Art (Gustave Dore edition)tier 1Belongs to TraditionCeltic Paganism, Religions Well-attested Source Vivien and Guinevere, Metropolitan Museum of Art (Gustave Dore edition)tier 1DepictsLady of the Lake, Figures Well-attested Later English retellings of the Arthurian legend, following Thomas Malory and popularized further by Tennyson, most often call this enchantress Vivien, the name under which the Metropolitan Museum of Art's own title for this illustrated edition identifies her.Source Vivien and Guinevere, Metropolitan Museum of Art (Gustave Dore edition)tier 1SourcesVivien and Guinevere, Metropolitan Museum of Art (Gustave Dore edition)tier 1Metropolitan Museum of ArtMetropolitan Museum of Art 1973.625.7View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year