End of The Valkyrie

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1879

Henri Fantin-Latour
French, 1836-1904

In the finale of The Valkyrie, the second opera of The Ring 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.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Henri Fantin-Latour
Title: End of The Valkyrie
Place: France (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1879
Medium: Lithograph in black with scraping on stone on thick ivory wove paper
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.)
Credit Line: The Charles Deering Collection
Reference Number: 1927.2945
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