Alberich und die Rheintöchter
1909
Medium
Öl auf Leinwand
Dimensions
128 × 96 cm
Classification
Gemälde
Department
Belvedere Collection
Museum
Belvedere
Credit
Belvedere, Vienna
Accession Number
11490
Art Historical Context
### Alberich und die Rheintchter Step into the mythical world of Richard Wagner's epic opera cycle *Der Ring des Nungen* with Eduard Veith's enchanting 1909 oil paintingAlberich und die Rheintöchter*. This canvas (128 × 96 cm) captures the fateful encounter between the dwarf Alberich and the alluring Rhine Daughters—ethereal water nymphs guarding the Rhine. Veith, an Austrian Symbolist painter active in Vienna's vibrant fin-de-siècle art scene masterfully blends fantasy and tension, drawing viewers into the opera's prelude, *Das Rheingold*. Created at the height of Wagner's cultural dominance...