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Painting of a woman in a white gown leaning over a dead man's body on red cloth, against a dark background.

Kriemhild Over the Body of Siegfried

Oil painting of a grieving woman in a pale classical gown and headdress, leaning over the reclining body of a dead man on a red cloth against a dark background. Her pale arm rests across his bare legs as she gazes down, while a sword lies in the shadowy foreground.

Artist
Henry Fuseli
Date
1817
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
1200 × 951 px
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Public domain · Henry Fuseli died 1825 and the work dates by 1817; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Henry Fuseli, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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