[PLATZHALTERTEXT]Vervielfältigungen eines Werkes dieser Webseite für Text- und Data-Mining und damit insbesondere für das Training einer Künstlichen Intelligenz bleibt ausdrücklich vorbehalten (§ 42h Abs 6 UrhG)./internal/media/dispatcher/9025/fullThe Wedding of King Alfred the Great of England183556 × 72,5 cmOil on wood1998 Schenkung aus Privatbesitz, Wien92930Venerated as a saint after her death, Ealhswith (c. 852–902) certainly appears saintly here as she stands on a podium, facing the crowd of people—all we see is their heads—with her hands crossed in front of her body. She seems to be indicating toward the future Anglo-Saxon king Alfred the Great (848/49–99) she has just married. Alfred holds a transparent veil above Ealhswith and is about to drape this over his wife so she is covered but still visible to the people. Why Perger chose to paint this scene from ancient English history is not known. He must, however, have been acquainted with John Fitchett’s epic poem King Alfred, which was first published in instalments between 1804 and 1834.Painting1019749010046https://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/apis/iiif/presentation/v2/1-objects-10046/manifest