The Leap Was Made

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Zoom in — The leap was made, the stone lay on the ground.

Artist

Name:: Unknown

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engraver:: Xylographic Institute of Kaspar Braun & von Dessauer
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: The Library of Congress, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Der Nibelungen Noth
Author:: Pfizer, Gustav (revision of the text)
Publisher:: Stuttgart, Tübingen: J. G. Cotta’scher Verlag, 1843
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Description:

Siegfried carries King Gunther with him as he takes a leap while Brunhilde raises her hand to admit her defeat and a dragon flying above them opens its mouth and sticks out its tongue.

The caption reads in the original German:

Der Sprung der war ergangen,
Der Stein der war gelegen.

The caption in English was taken from Daniel Bussier Shumway’s translation of The Nibelungenlied published in Boston & New York by the Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909.

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{{cite web | title=The Leap Was Made | url=https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/leap-made/ | author=Unknown | year=1843 | access-date=May 22, 2025 | publisher=Old Book Illustrations}}