I grow old having no son but Randver
Date1910
Artist
Howard Pyle
(American illustrator, 1853–1911)
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)
frame: 31 1/4 × 22 3/8 in. (79.4 × 56.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, 1912
Object number1912-51
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPAINTING
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.
