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Debut of the Valkyrie

A work made of lithograph in black with scraping on stone on thick ivory wove paper.
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  • A work made of lithograph in black with scraping on stone on thick ivory wove paper.

Date:

1879

Artist:

Henri Fantin-Latour
French, 1836-1904

About this artwork

In the second musical drama of The Ring, Siegmund stumbles into the hunting cottage of the fierce Hunding. Here, Sieglinde, the wife of Hunding, offers her brother Siegmund a drink. The siblings, the offspring of Wotan and a she-wolf, were separated in their childhood, and do not recognize one another. Later in the opera, Hunding returns home and angrily promises to wage battle with Siegmund the following day and then departs. Siegmund then proclaims his romantic love for Sieglinde, removes Wotan’s sword from the magic tree, and the couple retreats into the night.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Henri Fantin-Latour

Title

Debut of the Valkyrie

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1879

Medium

Lithograph in black with scraping on stone on thick ivory wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 23.1 × 31.1 cm (9 1/8 × 12 1/4 in.); Sheet: 33.4 × 45 cm (13 3/16 × 17 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

The Charles Deering Collection

Reference Number

1927.2944

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