File:Gudrun and the spear.jpg

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English: Illustration to Laxdœla saga, chapter 55. Guðrún Ósvífrsdóttir smiles as Helgi Harðbeinsson wipes his spear clean on her garment. Helgi has killed Bolli, Guðrún's husband, with the spear.
Date Published in 1898
Source Scanned from Vore fædres liv : karakterer og skildringer fra sagatiden / samlet og udggivet af Nordahl Rolfsen ; oversættelsen ved Gerhard Gran., Kristiania:Stenersen, 1898; page 423. (Note that the 1888 first edition does not include the illustrations.)
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Andreas Bloch  (1860–1917)  wikidata:Q1779589
 
Andreas Bloch
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Andreas Bloch Schelven Schroeter
Description Norwegian painter and illustrator
Date of birth/death 29 July 1860 Edit this at Wikidata 11 May 1917 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Skedsmo Municipality Kristiania
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