Battle of Clontarf | Hugh Frazer | 1826 15th Century This painting derives from a

This painting derives from a 1623 poem by Giovanni Battista Marino

where light and serene hills beckon

“Early Evening at Hradčany” (1909–1913) by Jakub Schikaneder is a moody

The painting depicts a single sheep in the foreground

The Apache’s Supper (1901) by Louis Legrand (French

Battle of Clontarf | Hugh Frazer | 1826 15th Century This painting derives from aThe Battle of Clontarf took place on 23 April 1014 at Clontarf, near Dublin, on the east coast of Ireland. It pitted an army led by Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, against a Norse Irish alliance comprising the forces of Sigtrygg Silkbeard, King of Dublin; Mel Mrda mac Murchada, King of Leinster; and a Viking army from abroad led by Sigurd of Orkney and Brodir of Mann. It lasted from sunrise to sunset, and ended in a rout of the Viking and Leinster