Standing in profile with right arm raised, left hand on bosom, and eyes toward the sky, Erda prophesies the end of the Gods. On the left and below, the figure of Wotan, cut off and dressed in traditional costume, holds his spear with only its tip visible. He is turned away. Erda's figure is almost entirely scraped.
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Hédiard: H. 57
Additional information accompanying item: Margins rectified. Signed in the upper right, "Fantin." Lower margin, "Imp. Lemercier et Cie." Executed in 1885 for the "Revue Wagnerienne," appearing in the issue of May 8, 1886.
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Albert H. Wiggin; 1949
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
Notes (citation):
Hédiard, Germain. "Fantin-Latour : catalogue de l'oeuvre lithographique du maître, précédé d'une étude par Germain Hédiard et d'une notice sur Germain Hédiard par Léonce Bénédite." Librairie de l'art ancien et moderne, 1906, Paris.
