The Knight of the Flowers — Georges Rochegrosse

This is the case of The Knight of the Flowers by Georges Rochegrosse, a painting that explodes visually and seeks no other pretension than the admiration of beauty. The scene painted by the French artist belongs to an opera by Richard Wagner, Parsifal, which adapts a medieval epic poem dated in the 13th century, written by Wolfram von Eschenbach and entitled Parzival. The painting refers directly to a passage in the opera’s second act. The protagonist, an Arthurian knight called Parsifal, is in the magic castle of Klinsgor (the evil one of the story); he has defeated the knights in the sorcerer’s service and continues on his way to defeat the enemy. At that moment, he enters the garden of flower maidens, who seduce him and lament the knights defeated by Parsifal, for they were his lovers. The young protagonist lets himself be loved and bewitched by the beauty surrounding him until Kundry (a magical being invoked by Klinsgor) appears and brings a series of revelations that will change the destiny of the young protagonist. <a href="https://medium.com/the-collector/the-knight-of-the-flowers-georges-rochegrosse-471414c8bab7">Read More</a>