Ragnar was captured by King Aella of Northumbria and thrown into a pit full of Snakes – Aslaug had given Ragnar a magic shirt that stopped the snakes harming Ragnar but this was ripped off Ragnar and he was thrown back in the pit so the snakes could get him. If you look to the top right corner of the painting King Aella stands cursing Ragnar holding his ripped shirt! (See below)

In 865 King Aella of Northumbria killed Ragnar Lodbrok in a pit of serpents. When Ragnar was suffering in the pit he is reputed to have exclaimed:

"How the young pigs would squeal if they knew what the old boar suffers!"

Meaning his sons will avenge his death!!!!

And soon his sons did know, as King Aella was foolish enough to send an embassy to acquaint them of the fact. When the brothers heard of their father's death Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye is said to have cut himself to the bone with a knife he held in his hand and his brother Bjorn Ironside  gripped his spear so tightly that the imprint of his fingers was left in the wood.

Measurements height 36 inches x  24 inches.   (91.4 cms x 61 cms)  

Oil on Canvas. .

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