Siegfried and the Rhine Maidens by Alfred Rethel (1816-59) (original) (raw)

Siegfried and the Rhine Maidens

Artist: Alfred Rethel (1816–59)

Engraver: Unsigned

1840

Wood-engraving

7 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches

Illustration for the epic Das Nibelungenlied (1840). The illustration typifies the use of rustic motifs combined with medieval and mythological figures that is found throughout German illustration of the 1830s and '40s.

Scanned image and text by Simon Cooke

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