Tannhäuser in the Venusberg by Henri Fantin-Latour 1836-1904

"The narrative of La Sale's ballad becomes conflated with the name of Tannhäuser in German folklore of the early 16th century. A German Tannhauser folk ballad is recorded in numerous versions beginning around 1510, both in High German and Low German variants. Folkloristic versions were still collected from oral tradition in the early-to-mid 20th century, especially in the Alpine region (a Styrian variant with the name Waldhauser was collected in 1924). Early written transmission around the 1520s was by the means of printed single sheets popular at the time, with examples known from Augsburg, Leipzig, Straubing, Vienna, and Wolfenbüttel. The earliest extant version is from Jörg Dürnhofers Liederbuch, printed by Gutknecht of Nuremberg in ca. 1515. This Lied von dem Danheüser explores the life of the legendary knight Tannhauser, who spent a year at the mountain worshiping Venus and returned there after believing that he had been denied forgiveness for his sins by Pope Urban IV. The Nuremberg version also identifies Venusberg with the Hörselberg hill chain near Eisenach in Thuringia, although other versions identify other geographical locations, as for instance in Swabia, near Waldsee.

The popularity of the ballad continues unabated well into the 17th century. Versions are recorded by Heinrich Kornmann (1614) and Johannes Preatorius (1668)."

-taken from Wikipedia

Made in 1864. Title: Tannhäuser on the Venusberg. Height: 118.1 cm (46.5 in); Width: 151.1 cm (59.5 in). Current location: Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tannhauser_on_the_Venusberg_LACMA_59.62.jpg
 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venusberg_(mythology)#Tannhauser_folk_ballad