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Oct 15 2010

Thor Battering the Midgard Serpent by Henry Fuseli, 1795

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Thor Battering the Midgard Serpent by Henry Fuseli, 1795

This Swiss Neo-classical by Johann Heinrich Fuseli depicts a scene of the Norse god Thor fighting the dragon, or serpent, of Middlegard.  This thundering God wielded a war-hammer in his various adventures protecting mankind from Dwarves and Dragons.  Talismans crafted to represent Thor’s hammer were a popular means of showing devotion to the old gods in the face of Christian missionaries.  This work by Fuseli was created in 1795 when the Swiss artist was fifty-four years old.  He died in 1825.

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