The Valkyrie's Vigil

label QS:Lde,"Die Nachtwache der Walküre"

label QS:Len,"The Valkyrie's Vigil"

Forfatter/Opretter:

Edward Robert Hughes

Kredit:

Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons.

Shortlink:

https://dkwiki.dk/b/17227

kilde:

Wikimedia Commons

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beskrivelse:

Following en:Richard Wagner's romantic reinterpretation of the old myths, Hughes depicts the dreadful Norse war goddess in an ethereal fairy painting: barefoot, clad in a sheer off-the-shoulder gown, and softly lit from above. Her martial aspects are de-emphasized: she tucks her helmet into the crook of her arm and holds her sword by the ricasso (the blunt section just beyond the crossguard). Of the chooser of the warrior slain in battle, of the scavenging wolf and raven, there is no trace.

Licens:

Public domain