Strings Echoed Gently

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Two soldiers are at an arched entrance, one leaning on a shield, the other playing the violin

The strings echoed gently through the hall where the Burgundians were sleeping.

Artist

Name:: Bendemann, Eduard Julius Friedrich
Dates:: 1811-1889
Country:: Germany

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Germania's Sagenborn
Author:: Engelmann, Emil
Publisher:: Stuttgart: Verlag von Paul Neff, 1889
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Two men in armor are on the step of an arched medieval entrance, one leaning on a large shield and looking at the viewer, the other playing the violin and looking behind him, into a room where soldiers are asleep.

The caption reads in the original German: Sanft rauschten seine Saiten duch den Saal, in dem die Burgunden schliefen.

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