Knight Olaf

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Knight Olaf.

Artist

Name:: Ehrhardt, Adolf
Dates:: 1813-1899
Country:: Germany

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engraver:: Flegel, X. A. V.
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Deutsches Balladenbuch
Author:: Collective work
Publisher:: Leipzig: Georg Wigand's Verlag, 1852
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Description:

A man holding a goblet at the wedding table celebrates life, his new wife at his side, as the executioner with his ax waits for him in the background.

Knight Olaf (Ritter Olaf) is the title of a poem by Heinrich Heine.

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{{cite web | title=Knight Olaf | url=https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/olaf/ | author=Ehrhardt, Adolf | year=1852 | access-date=November 5, 2024 | publisher=Old Book Illustrations}}