Lenore | Frank Kirchbach | 1896 14th Century adorned with a garland of

adorned with a garland of severed heads

The figure of Death

their reflections shimmering in the moonlit ripples

vivid expression

Lenore | Frank Kirchbach | 1896 14th Century adorned with a garland ofIn Lenore (1896), Kirchbach illustrates the haunting moment from Gottfried August Brgers famous ballad, where the dead lover returns to claim Lenore and carries her on a wild ride through the night. The ghostly rider urges his horse forward as Lenore, draped in white, collapses in terror across the saddle while they leap over a cemetery wall beneath a star filled sky. The barren landscape, distant churchyard, and skeletal trees heighten the macabre