Brünnhilde on Grane

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A woman throws up her arms in the middle of flames which start engulfing her and her horse — Brünnhilde on Grane leaps on to the funeral pyre of Siegfried.
(Facing p. 180.)

Artist

Name:: Rackham, Arthur
Dates:: 1867-1939
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Color process
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: The New York Public Library, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Siegfried & the twilight of the gods
Author(s):: Wagner, Richard
Publisher:: London, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, William Heinemann, 1924
Open Library:: View record

Description

A woman (Brünnhilde) on horseback is seen throwing up her arms as flames from the pyre on which she stands rise high, surrounding her and her horse, and start engulfing them.

Keywords: 1920s, 20th century, color, death, eerie, fire, horse, mythology

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