Britomart Redeems Faire Amoret

Britomart Redeems Faire Amoret is an oil painting on canvas by English artist William Etty, first exhibited in 1833. Intended to illustrate the virtues of honour and chastity, it depicts a scene from Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene. It shows the moment in which Busirane is interrupted by Britomart as he prepares to kill Amoret.