A part of the Gosforth Cross showing, among other things a figure with a horn above a bound figure, usually interpreted to be Loki and Sigyn from Norse mythology. Signed "Magnus P".
Date
This photograph/reproduction published in 1913. The cross itself is medieval (possibly 10th century).
Source
Photographed from Finnur Jónsson (1913). Goðafræði Norðmanna og Íslendinga eftir heimildum. Híð íslenska bókmentafjelag, Reykjavík. Page 95.
Author
The original artist who made the Gosforth Cross is unknown. Reproduction by Julius Magnus Petersen (1827 – 1917).
Published before 1923 so in the public domain in the United States. Petersen died more than 70 years ago, ensuring public domain status in the EEA.
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