Tannhäuser Wants to Leave Venusberg

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Tannhäuser stands at the entrance of a grotto, surrounded by women trying to make him stay — Tannhäuser wants to leave Venusberg.

Artist

Name:: Millais, John Everett
Dates:: 1829-1896
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Wood engraving
Engraver:: Swain, Joseph
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Robarts Library, The Internet Archive

Periodical

Title:: Once a week, vol. 5 (June-December 1861)
Author(s):: Collective work
Publisher:: London: Bradbury & Evans, 1861

Description

Tannhäuser, depicted as a sullen knight in medieval-looking attire, stands at the entrance of a grotto, surrounded by women from Venus’s court trying to stop him from going away.

Keywords: 1860s, 19th century, black & white, medieval, Once a week, periodical, pre-raphaelite, sullen, Victorian

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