PNH371954 The Arrested Spear (oil on canvas) by Shaw, John Byam Liston (1872-1919); 62x72 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: scene from \'Parsifal\', the opera by Richard Wagner (1813-1883); knight of Arthurian legend and finder of the Holy Grail; in the garden of the evil magician Klingsor with the Flower Maidens, rejected by his indifference to their temptations, lying at his feet; siezes the Sacred Spear, which Klingsor has hurled at him; as Parsifal makes the sign of the cross, Klingsor\'s domain collapses in ruins;); English, out of copyright.