Kriemhild über der Leiche Siegfrieds

1817

not on display
Henry Fuseli1741 Zürich – 1825 Putney Hill/London
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After Hagen has elicited the secret of her husband Siegfried's vulnerability from Kriemhild, he stabs his rival in the back while hunting. Kriemhild is inconsolable and all the Nibelungs and finally she herself fall victim to her revenge (Nibelungenlied, XVII, 1029).
Also known as
Kriemhild Throws Herself over Dead Siegfried
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
image: 102 x 127 cm
Inventory number
2542
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, 1941