Queen Eleanor is an 1858 oil-on-canvas painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist Frederick Sandys which depicts Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, the wife of King Henry II of England, on her way to poison her husband's mistress, Rosamund Clifford.[1] The painting is displayed at the National Museum Cardiff, which obtained it in 1981.

Queen Eleanor
Artist	Frederick Sandys
Year	1858 (1858)
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	40.6 cm × 30.5 cm (16.0 in × 12.0 in)
Location	National Museum Cardiff
Owner	National Museum Cardiff
Accession	NMW A 185
Website	Museum of Wales

Legend

The traditional story recounts that King Henry concealed his affair from Queen Eleanor by conducting it within the innermost recesses of a complicated maze. Queen Eleanor penetrated the labyrinth while trailing a red cord, shown in the subject's left hand, and forced her rival to choose between a dagger and the bowl of poison. Rosamund chose the poison, and died.[2]

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