Art, Symbol & Imagination
Six Brothers Ride Out to Woo
Mounted figures move through a pale landscape towards a castle rising among rounded trees. Their coloured robes and the horses’ varied poses give the procession its measured rhythm. The caption identifies the six brothers riding out to seek brides in the tale of the giant whose heart is hidden elsewhere.
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Kay Nielsen. "Six Brothers Ride Out to Woo" [editorial title]. In East of the Sun and West of the Moon, Collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe; English versions by George Webbe Dasent; illustrated by Kay Nielsen. Undated New York illustrated edition, undated edition, George H. Doran Company. Source scan leaf 149. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/nielsen-six-brothers
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Kay Nielsen. Six Brothers Ride Out to Woo. East of the Sun and West of the Moon. Scan leaf 149. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/nielsen-six-brothers