Albert Pinkham Ryder, (artist), American, 1847 - 1917, Siegfried and the Rhine Maidens, 1888/1891, oil on canvas, overall: x 52 cm (19 7/8 x 20 1/2 in.), framed: x x cm (29 5/8 x 30 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.), By his own account, Ryder was so enthralled by a five-hour performance of Wagner's Götterdämmerung that he rushed home and began painting this rendition of the opera's narrative, working without sleep or food for forty-eight hours. Galloping down a moonlit path, the legendary Norse hero Siegfried encounters a group of Rhine Maidens who beckon seductively

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Keywords: 1847, 1888, 1891, 1917, albert, american, canvas, maidens, oil, pinkham, rhine, ryder, siegfried