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Artist
- Name:
- Ehrhardt, Adolf
- Dates:
- 1813-1899
- Country:
- Germany
Illustration
- Subject:
- Narratives
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Engraver:
- Flegel, X. A. V.
- Format:
- Landscape (wider)
- Source:
- Robarts Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Deutsches Balladenbuch
- Author(s):
- Collective work
- Publisher:
- Leipzig: Georg Wigand's Verlag, 1852
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
A man holding a goblet at the wedding table celebrates life, his new wife at his side, as the executioner with his ax waits for him in the background.
Ritter Olaf is a poem by Heinrich Heine.
Keywords: 1850s, 19th century, black & white, death, drink, mixed genders, wedding