Ahasuerus at the End of the World | Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl | 1888 Size:A4 Landscape The Fall of the Titans

The Fall of the Titans is an oil painting of the Titanomachy by the Dutch painter Cornelis van Haarlem in 1588–1590

" created circa 1872 by the artist Peter Nicolai Arbo

with the focal point being a large fountain illuminated by the moonlight

the composition evokes a powerful sense of death and decay

Death is portrayed as a skeletal

Ahasuerus at the End of the World | Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl | 1888 Size:A4 Landscape The Fall of the Titans"Ahasuerus at the End of the World" is a late 19th century oil painting by Hungarian artist Adolf Hirmy Hirschl. Done in oil on canvas, the work depicts the Wandering Jew, called "Ahasuerus" in legends since at least the 17th century, witnessing the end of the world, as he was cursed to do for laughing at Christ during his crucifixion. The exceedingly dark symbolism used in the work has been used to cite Hirschl as a Symbolist. Frame: Created from