I grow old having no son but Randver

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I grow old having no son but Randver
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I grow old having no son but Randver

Date1910
Illustration Citation"Swanhild," by Brian Hooker, in Harper's Monthly Magazine, January 1910
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions26 1/4 × 17 1/4 in. (66.7 × 43.8 cm)
frame: 31 1/4 × 22 3/8 in. (79.4 × 56.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, 1912
Object number1912-51
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Label TextIn this re-telling of part of the Volsunga Saga, a thirteenth-century Icelandic epic, a counsellor reacts as the old king directs him to seize the beautiful young Swanhild to be his new wife and queen. The king regards his son Randver, standing before him, as a weakling.
Image Not Available for Sketch for Swanhild; I grow old, having no son but Randver
Sketch for Swanhild; I grow old, having no son but Randver
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Image Not Available for Sketch for Swanhild; I grow old, having no son but Randver
Sketch for Swanhild; I grow old, having no son but Randver
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1910
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Sketch for Swanhild; I grow old, having no son but Randver
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