End of The Valkyrie
<p>In the finale of <em>The Valkyrie, </em>the second opera of <em>The Ring </em>cycle, Wotan arrives angrily waving his magical staff and places his favorite daughter Brünnhilde into a deep sleep as punishment for her repeated disloyalty. He then surrounds her by a ring of fire. Brünnhilde has disobeyed his wishes by first warning Siegmund of the impending battle with Hunding, and subsequently rescuing Sieglinde from Wotan. In the original story, Brünnhilde is suited in armor; here the artist has chosen to depict her more romantically in a diaphanous gown.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1879
- Dimensions
- Image: 22.6 × 27.5 cm (8 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.); Sheet: 34.5 × 44.7 cm (13 5/8 × 17 5/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Henri Fantin-Latour
Artist
Painting
Ignace Henri Jean Theodore Fantin-Latour was a French painter and lithographer best known for his flower paintings and group portraits of Parisian artists and writers.
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- Henri Fantin-Latour
- Year
- 1879
- Dimensions
- Image: 22.6 × 27.5 cm (8 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.); Sheet: 34.5 × 44.7 cm (13 5/8 × 17 5/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1879-063506
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified