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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection

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Title
The funeral of Rurik
Additional title: Cremation of a pagan chief
Names
Siemiradzki, Henryk, 1843-1902 (Artist)
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

Burial customs

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1901 - 1906
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC BURI
Topics
Sacrifices
Funeral rites & ceremonies
Tribal chiefs
Viking ships
Varangians
Cremation
Idols
Rurik, d. ca. 879
Vikings
Genres
Conjectural works
Art reproductions
Notes
Content: "At [Rurik's] death, his brother and successor, Oleg, erected for him a huge funeral pyre; and on this the mourning Sclavs sacrificed in ancient fashion the chief's wives, his slaves, his favorite horses, his ship and his treasures. The Norse rulers had adopted the religion of the Sclavs, and our illustration shows in the background the chief Sclavic god, Perune, the god of thunder, borne in solemn procession to say farewell to Rurik."--quoted from source text.
Content: "Cremation of pagan chief"--written on border.
Source note: Story of the greatest nations : from the dawn of history to the present. (New York : Niglutsch, c1901-1906) Ellis, Edward Sylvester (1840-1916), Author.
Physical Description
Photogravures
Extent: 24 x 33.5 cm
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17706058
Barcode: 33333159464482
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c5c7a5f0-c53c-012f-ce8c-58d385a7bc34
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Item timeline of events

  • 1843: Creator Born
  • 1901: Issued (Approximate)
  • 1902: Creator Died
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The funeral of Rurik" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1901 - 1906. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-cced-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The funeral of Rurik" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-cced-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1901 - 1906). The funeral of Rurik Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-cced-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The funeral of Rurik