Ossian (1842). Johann Michael Wittmer (German, 1802-1880). Oil on canvas. Royal Collection Trust.Oss
Ossian (1842). Johann Michael Wittmer (German, 1802-1880). Oil on canvas. Royal Collection Trust.Ossian, seated on a knoll with his harp, raises his left hand to invoke the spirits of dead heroes, seen over the fortress Selma on the left. He recites their deeds to the warriors gathered just below him, one of whom holds up captured Roman booty. Malvina stands, leaning on her spear on the right. In 1762 the Scottish poet James McPherson published a cycle of epic poems purporting to be the works of Ossian, a blind Celtic bard. -- source link
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