The Redemption of Tannhäuser (recto); Figure sketches (verso), Sir Frank Dicksee, 1892

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The Redemption of Tannhäuser (recto); Figure sketches (verso), 1892, Watercolor heightened with white and gouache on buff card (recto); graphite (verso), Image: 11 1/4 × 17 5/16 in. ( × 44 cm), Drawings, Sir Frank Dicksee (British, London 1853–1928 London), Dicksee's watercolor study describes the dramatic climax of the Tannhäuser legend (a medieval saga popularized by Richard Wagner's opera of 1845). Returning to Eisenbach from Rome, the eponymous hero kneels here by the bier of Elizabeth, a pure former love, and repents his sinful devotion to Venus

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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