Decorative illustration. Artist: Alfred Rethel. Engraver: Unsigned. 4 x 6 inches. Das Nibelungenlied. Leipzig: Wigands, 1840 [1841] The illustration exemplifies the use of a rustic border, typical of the style of German illustration of the 1830s and 40s; signed AR, in imitation of the monogram of the master wood-block artist, Durër.
Scanned image and caption by Simon Cooke. You may use this image without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the person who scanned the image and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite the Victorian Web in a print one.it
Last modified 2 November 2012