The subject of this painting is an Icelandic tale of two star-crossed lovers. Despite her love for Gunnlaug, Helga is forced to marry another. The two male suitors engage in a bloody fight that ends in both their deaths.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Charles_Fairfax_Murray" class="extiw" title="w:en:Charles Fairfax Murray"><span title="English painter and art historian (1849-1919)">Charles Fairfax Murray</span></a>
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circa 1880-1885
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