Title

'Fafner kills Fasolt', 1910. Artist: Arthur Rackham

Caption

'Fafner kills Fasolt', 1910. Illustration from The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie. Showing Alberich's curse. The giants Fafner and Fasolt begin to fight over the ring of the Nibelungen and Fafner kills his brother. From Das Rheingold. From a private collection.
Historica Graphica Collection

Date

1900

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historica Graphica Collection

Reference

HRM19D81_363

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40,2Mb (2,9Mb) / 10,3in x 15,1in / 3098 x 4540 (300dpi)

Keywords

Germany family German country entertainment clubbing law crime violence British color colour fighting giant death greed brother opera illustration location century Britain argument club murder concept violent legend myth killing mythology curse slaughter germanic legendary 1910s 20th century murdering Norse mythology slaughtering fratricide lithograph Der Ring des Nibelungen The Ring of the Nibelung Richard Wagner Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner Historica Graphica Collection Arthur Rackham Rhine Gold Fafner Fasolt Rackham Arthur Richard Wagner lithograph