Sujet

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

Légende

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.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM23B21_210

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

54,6Mo (1,8Mo) / 42,0cm x 32,6cm / 4960 x 3851 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Germany Europe portrait standing women woman people group event crowd crowds man men ceremony red historical religious German arts painting country marriage religion spectators Austria monarch art guy romantic continent spectator clothes British museum European ceremonial color king royal wedding dress armour saint Santa Austrian war location century Britain veil bridal bride groom clothing royalty bridegroom concept santo APPAREL full length romanticism full-length warfare cloak oil Painting saxon Colour Bride's 19th century suit of armour Belvedere 1830s nineteenth century history historic 9th century Mercian royal event royal wedding sovereign King Alfred the Great alfred the great oil Oil on wood King Alfred King of Wessex Aelfred Alfred I Oil on wood Romantic Era Painting Heritage Art Classicism 19th-century clothing & dress fashion & clothing historical person historic figure Austrian Gallery Belvedere Sigmund Ferdinand von Perger Perger Sigmund Ferdinand von Sigmund Ferdinand Ritter von Perger Ealhswith Ealswitha