Elsa von Brabant (before 1980)

Allen Jones

watercolour

Birmingham Museums Trust (Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery)

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Classification:

Drawing and Watercolour

Materials:

Watercolour

Credit:

Purchased by Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, with aid from the Contemporary Art Society's subsidised pilot scheme, 1980

Scheme:

Experimental Pilot Scheme (1980)

Ownership history:

Purchased from the first British Art Show by Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, with aid from the Contemporary Art Society's subsidised pilot scheme, 1980; presented to Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, 1980

Relationship:

British Art Show Birmingham Museums Trust (Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery)

Subject:

Legend

Elsa von Brabant is a figure from the Middle High German Swan knight legend from the late 13th century. She is a marginal figure in Wolfram von Eschenbach's epic Parzival. She gained new fame as the main female protagonist in Richard Wagner's opera Lohengrin.

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