adelil

Updated: July 6, 2025

The king put him to death, and the attendants of Adelil made of his heart a viand which they presented to her. When she learned what this singular substance was that caused her to tremble violently she asked for wine, and carrying the cup to her lips with a tragic gesture, in memory of her lover, she died of a broken heart. It is such legends as these that Mme.

Clara Erskine Clement Waters - Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.

This habit and the fact that she cares more for color than for drawing are the usual criticisms of her pictures. Her "St. Agnes" is an interesting rendering of a well-worn subject. "Adelil the Proud," exhibited at the Paris Exposition of 1889, tells the story of the Duke of Frydensburg, who was in love with Adelil, the king's daughter.

Clara Erskine Clement Waters - Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.