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Wedding of King Alfred the Great of England, 1835. Creator: Sigmund Ferdinand von Perger.

Wedding of King Alfred the Great of England, 1835. Creator: Sigmund Ferdinand von Perger.

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Wedding of King Alfred the Great of England, 1835. In 868, King Alfred the Great (848/49-99) married Ealhswith (c. 852-902), daughter of a Mercian nobleman. Here Alfred holds a transparent veil over her, while people watch in the foreground.. Ealhswith is commemorated as a saint in the Christian East and the West.

Image Details

People Information

Creator
  1. Sigmund Ferdinand von Perger, attributed to: German: Artist, painter
Subject
  1. King Alfred the Great: British, Saxon: King
  2. Ealhswith: Anglo Saxon: Queen, noblewoman
Medium
  1. Oil
  2. Oil on wood
Picture Type
  1. Classicism
  2. Painting
Category Hierarchy

People Royalty

Religion & Belief Christianity

Society & Culture Romance & Love

Artistic Representations Portraits

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4960x3851
File Size : 55,960kb

Aliases

  1. 15513/9293
  1. 1110001304
  1. 15513/9293
  1. 3-002-304
  1. 3002304

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