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Lyngenfjord Mountain Landscape, Norway
Located in Stockholm, SE
The subject is a tranquil mountainous landscape from the Lyngenfjord region, framed by the dramatic peaks of the Lyngen Alps in the distance. In the center rises a distinctive double...
Category
1930s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Silent Winter Landscape with Snow-Laden Trees
Located in Stockholm, SE
Ferdinand Boberg (1860–1946)
Snow-Laden Trees
Ink and watercolor with black framing lines on cardboard
signed BOBERG.
18 x 13 cm (approx. 7.1 x 5.1 in)
frame: 40.5 x 35 cm (approx....
Category
1920s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Board, Pencil
Winter Landscape with Jetty beside a Frozen Waterway
Located in Stockholm, SE
Ferdinand Boberg (1860–1946) Sweden
Winter Landscape with Jetty beside a Frozen Waterway
Ink and watercolor with black framing lines on cardboard
21.5 x 17.1 cm (8.5 x 6.7 in.)
fra...
Category
1920s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Board, Pencil
View from Strandvägen towards Djurgården, Stockholm
Located in Stockholm, SE
Ferdinand Boberg (1860–1946)
View from Strandvägen towards Djurgården, Stockholm
Watercolor on paper
signed BOBERG - STOCKHOLM -
c. 16 x 22 cm (6 ¼ x 8 ¾ in)
framed 33 x 38 cm (13 ...
Category
1920s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Interior of a Kitchen, c. 1840
Located in Stockholm, SE
Egron Sellif Lundgren (1815–1875) Sweden
Interior of a Kitchen, c. 1840
oil on paper laid on cardboard,
inscribed “Lundgren Nr. 15” on the reverse.
unframed 27.5 x 20.5 cm (10 ¾ x ...
Category
1840s Old Masters Interior Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Board
Procession during Holy Week in Seville, Spain
Located in Stockholm, SE
Egron Sellif Lundgren (1815–1875) Sweden
Procession during Holy Week in Seville, Spain
Black ink, pencil, brown and red wash heightened with white on brown paper, 201 x 267 mm.
fra...
Category
1850s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Abyssinien Ostrich Feather Merchant in Aden
Located in Stockholm, SE
Lundgren visited Aden as a passenger on board the steam ship ”Bengal” on his way from England to India during the winter 1857. The previous year an uprising had broken out in India, ...
Category
1850s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Lord Clyde and His Staff
Located in Stockholm, SE
In 1857 an uprising had broken out in India, known as ”The Mutiny". As far as British relations with India were concerned, the event represented a watershed, as a result of which the...
Category
1850s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Studies of Sheep and Goat Heads, Cairo (c. 1871)
Located in Stockholm, SE
This sheet features four close-up studies focusing on the heads of goats or sheep. Each animal’s head is drawn from a different angle: one profile highlights a pair of curved horns, ...
Category
1870s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Studies of Goat Heads and Figures, Cairo (c. 1871)
Located in Stockholm, SE
Here Lundgren concentrates on individual studies of goats, especially their heads and expressions. In one sketch, a goat faces forward, its distinctive long ears and gentle features ...
Category
1870s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Studies of Goats and Sheep, Cairo (c. 1871)
Located in Stockholm, SE
Swedish artist Egron Lundgren sketched a small herd of goats and sheep resting together in this scene. Two goats recline quietly at the center while another stands nearby, creating a...
Category
1870s Academic Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Goats and Sheep in Various Poses, Cairo (c. 1871)
Located in Stockholm, SE
This study presents multiple views of goats and sheep drawn across a single sheet. Lundgren depicts the animals in different poses – a light-colored goat standing in profile, a dark ...
Category
1870s Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Monk in a Monastic Cell, Roma, Italy
Located in Stockholm, SE
Egron Lundgren (1815–1875)
Monk in a Monastic Cell
signed and dated Egron Lundgren Rom 1848
oil on relined canvas
unframed 62 x 50 cm (24 ½ x 19 ¾ in.)
framed 79 x 68 cm (31 x 26 ¾...
Category
1840s Old Masters Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Resting Dromedar, 1861
Located in Stockholm, SE
Egron Sellif Lundgren (1815–1875) Sweden
Resting Dromedar, 1861
watercolour heightened with white
unframed 21 x 29.2 cm (8 ¼ x 11 ½ in.)
framed 40 x 48 cm (15 ¾ x 18 ⅞ in.)
Provenance:
Sale, Stockholm, Bukowskis, 12 December 1894, lot 42;
Signe and Ernst Trygger (1857–1943), Villa Trygger, Stockholm. Ernst Trygger was Swedish Prime Minister (1923–24), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1928–30) and University Chancellor (1926–37); A Swedish private collection.
Literature:
Förteckning på oljemålningar, aquareller och handteckningar m.m. av Egron Lundgren utställda i Akademien för de fria konsterna, 1876, no. 259.
Karl Asplund, Egron Lundgren, Vol. II, 1940, p. 40, note 1, p. 166.
Exhibited:
The Royal Academy, Egron Lundgren, 10 April 1876, no. 259.
Sveriges Allmänna Konstförening, Memorial Exhibition, February 1915, no. 70, Hvilande kameler (owner Ernst Trygger).
The Royal Academy, Svenska Akvareller (Swedish Watercolor Exhibition), 1925, no. 224, Vilande kameler (owner Signe Trygger).
Essay:
This delicate watercolour, executed during Lundgren’s first journey to Egypt in the winter of 1861–62, depicts a resting dromedary in the shade at Giza. Painted in transparent washes with touches of white gouache, the work captures the intense desert light and atmosphere with a remarkable immediacy. The reclining animal dominates the composition, rendered in warm ochres and browns against a cool, shadowy background, while highlights on its saddle and coat give the scene a subtle radiance. The quiet stillness of the subject reflects Lundgren’s sensitivity to the everyday motifs of the Orient, which he observed and painted directly on site.
Lundgren travelled to Egypt in the company of two British artists, Frank Dillon (1823-1909) and George Price Boyce...
Category
1860s Romantic Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Assassination of Clarence in the Tower; Scene from Richard III, Act I, Sc. 4
Located in Stockholm, SE
Egron Sellif Lundgren (Stockholm 1815–1875 Stockholm)
The assassination of George, Duke of Clarence in the Tower of London; A Scene from Shakespeare’s Richard III (Act I, scene 4)
...
Category
1850s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Watercolor by Female Artist Ella Waldenström Depicting A Sewing Woman, 1900
Located in Stockholm, SE
Ella Waldenström (1863–1955) Sweden
A Sewing Woman, 1900
watercolor on paper
signed and dated E.W 23/2 1900
visible image 21 x 12 cm (8 ¼ x 4 ¾ in.)
framed 29 x 20 cm (11 ½ x 7 ¾ ...
Category
Early 1900s Romantic Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
A Rocky Shore at Night, Full Moon
Located in Stockholm, SE
Gustaf Fjæstad (Fjaestad) (1868–1948) Sweden
A Rocky Shore at Night, Full Moon
Signed “G. F.”
Authenticated on the reverse by Bo Fjæstad (1903–1991), the artist’s son
pencil on pap...
Category
Early 1900s Romantic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Scandinavian Sunset Watercolor from 1897
Located in Stockholm, SE
Hilding Werner (1880–1944) Sweden
Solnedgång (Sunset), 1897
watercolour on paper
signed and dated lower left H. Werner 1897
Inscribed Solnedgång (“Sunset”) on the reverse.
the shee...
Category
1890s Romantic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
A view of Stockholm from an imaginary terrace, 1906
Located in Stockholm, SE
Gottfrid Kallstenius (Västervik 1861–1943 Storängen, Stockholm)
A view of Stockholm from an imaginary terrace, 1906
Signed and dated “G. Kallstenius -06”
Arched top
Oil on canvas
u...
Category
Early 1900s Romantic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Birger Hjelm – Våreldar ("Spring Fires"), c. 1935
Located in Stockholm, SE
Birger Hjelm – Våreldar ("Spring Fires"), c. 1935-1938
Oil on board
unframed 80 x 84.5 cm (31 ½ x 33 ¼ in)
framed 82 x 87 cm (32 ¼ x 34 ¼ in)
Signed “Birger Hjelm” lower right; titl...
Category
1930s Romantic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Drawing from Hagbynäs Sweden, 1779
Located in Stockholm, SE
Jonas Carl Linnerhielm (1758–1829)
Hagbynäs
Dated and titled “1779 in Aug. Vid Hagbynäs”
Red chalk on paper
21.3 × 33.4 cm (8.4 × 13.1 in.)
with frame 40.5 x 51 cm (15 ⁷/⁸ x 20 ⅛ i...
Category
1770s Romantic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk
The Memorial Stone, Uppland (Swedish Bautasten i Uppland) 1901
By Olof Hermelin
Located in Stockholm, SE
This atmospheric study shows a solitary standing stone rising in the flat landscape of Uppland, silhouetted against a luminous sunset sky. Broad, animated brushstrokes capture the sh...
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Metal
Portrait of a Young Girl – Original Oil on Canvas by Guy Seradour
By Guy Seradour
Located in Stockholm, SE
In this exquisite original oil on canvas, French artist Guy Seradour portrays a young girl with a masterful and sympathetic eye. The subject’s youthful innocence and quiet grace are ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sarah Bernhardt in Profile – Drawing by August Hagborg
By August Hagborg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt – Drawing by August Hagborg
This finely rendered pencil drawing, executed with grey and black wash and measuring 35 × 33.1 cm, is signed “Hagborg.” It is...
Category
1880s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
French Moonlit Landscape with Brushwood Gatherer (1872)
Located in Stockholm, SE
Under a softly luminous night sky, an elderly peasant gathers a bundle of brushwood amid the quiet fields of rural France. This tranquil nocturne is the subject of Alfred Wahlberg’s ...
Category
1870s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
View from Månberget, Källvik (1912)
Located in Stockholm, SE
The view from Månberget at sunset, as captured by Gottfrid Kallstenius in this 1912 oil painting, displays a warm golden light over Djupsundet, framed by the silhouette of a gnarled ...
Category
1910s Romantic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Afternoon Mood – Wallén’s Skagen-like Swedish Coastal Masterpiece
Located in Stockholm, SE
Gustaf Theodor Wallén (1860–1948) Swedish
Afternoon Mood, c. 1886-1887
oil on canvas
signed G.T.Wallén
unframed 100 x 150 cm (39 ⅜ x 59 in)
framed 130 x 180 cm (51 ⅛ x 70 ⅞ in)
...
Category
1880s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fjäll i aftonsol (“Mountain in Evening Sun”), circa 1933
Located in Stockholm, SE
Olof Walfrid Nilsson (1868–1956)
Fjäll i aftonsol (“Mountain in Evening Sun”) circa 1933
oil on canvas
signed Olof W. Nilsson and dated 1933?
unframed: 102 x 82 cm (40.2 x 32.3 in)...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Enfants à la plage (“Children at the Beach”)
Located in Stockholm, SE
Albert Roosenboom was a Belgian genre painter celebrated for his elegant depictions of everyday life in the mid to late 19th century. A pupil of the renowned Constantin Meunier, Roos...
Category
1870s Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Summer Landscape near Sundsvall, 1911
Located in Stockholm, SE
In this radiant drawing from 1911, Swedish artist Oskar Lycke captures the quiet grandeur of a summer landscape near Sundsvall in northern Sweden. The view stretches across a serene ...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Ink
Coastal Scene from the Swedish West Coast (1923)
Located in Stockholm, SE
Anton Genberg’s coastal painting captures a tranquil harbor scene along Sweden’s west coast. In this 1923 oil painting, a cluster of weathered boathouses stands by the water’s edge, ...
Category
1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Golden Sunrise on the Maas – Arthur J. Meadows’ Tranquil Masterpiece (1884)
By Arthur Joseph Meadows
Located in Stockholm, SE
A Golden Dawn on the Maas
In this refined marine painting, Arthur Joseph Meadows captures a tranquil sunrise on the river Maas just below the historic city of Dordrecht (“Dort”). The...
Category
1880s Romantic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Garden Scene Called Pergola Noor by Female Artist Clara Löfgren
Located in Stockholm, SE
Clara Löfgren (1843–1923) Sweden
Pergola Noor, c.1890
oil on canvas laid down on board
no signature
unframed: 27.7 x 26.7 cm (10.9 x 10.5 in)
framed: 35 x 34 cm (13.8 x 13.4 in)
P...
Category
1890s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Sandö, Wallda Varby, Halland, 1913
Located in Stockholm, SE
Olof Thunman (1879–1944) Sweden
Sandö, Wallda Varby, Halland, 1913
oil on canvas (laid on panel)
unsigned
unframed 31 x 47 cm (approx. 12.2 x 18.5 in)
framed 42 x 58 cm (approx. 16...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Pointillist - Scandinavian Winter Landscape, 1907 by Arthur Percy
Located in Stockholm, SE
Introducing "Scandinavian Winter Landscape, 1907" a mesmerizing painting by the artist Arthur Percy Carlsson, later known as Arthur C:son Percy (1886-1976). Born in Vickleby, Öland, Percy's artistic journey was one defined by unwavering determination and exceptional talent.
This landscape painting presents a winter landscape, likely set during the early spring season. The canvas portrays a vast, snow-filled meadow, blanketed in pristine white. Above, the sky comes alive in a captivating pointillist style, with hues of blue, turquoise, and yellow forming delicate, scattered dots, while small clouds grace the horizon.
The scene unfolds with an enchanting backdrop of a distant forest, its trees adorned with a touch of winter's charm. Between the enchanting forest and the expansive meadow, a few humble houses...
Category
Early 1900s Pointillist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rediscovered Mastery: A Portrait by Nina Bergstedt
Located in Stockholm, SE
This poignant portrait by Swedish artist Nina Bergstedt captures a quiet intensity that lingers in the viewer’s mind. The sitter, an unknown woman, is portrayed with deep emotional p...
Category
1890s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Seated Nude in the Studio – A Modernist Study from the 1920s
Located in Stockholm, SE
This evocative oil painting, titled Studio Muse, depicts a seated nude in a quiet moment of contemplation. The model is shown in profile, resting on a simple wooden stool against a n...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Wool Winder (1877) by Swedish Female Artist Emma Ekwall
Located in Stockholm, SE
In The Wool Winder, Emma Ekwall captures a moment of quiet domestic intimacy between a young woman and a man as they wind wool together—she with focused care, he with gentle attentiv...
Category
1870s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Oysters - The earliest known still life in Swedish art history
Located in Stockholm, SE
This previously unpublished painting was first securely attributed to Govert Dircksz Camphuysen in 1944, following an examination at the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm during which the ...
Category
1650s Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oak, Oil, Wood Panel
Portrait of a Young Man with Bagpipes, Follower of J.H. Tischbein the Elder
By Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder
Located in Stockholm, SE
Follower of Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder (1722–1789)
Man with Bagpipes
oil on oak panel
no signature
25 × 19 cm (9.8 × 7.5 in)
31 x 26 cm (12.2 x 10.2 in)
This refined 18th...
Category
18th Century Rococo Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oak, Oil, Wood Panel
Mountain Landscape (Pyrenees) 1928
By Fritz Lindström
Located in Stockholm, SE
Fritz Lindström (1874–1962)
Mountain Landscape (Pyrenees), 1928
oil on panel
unframed 15.5 × 24 cm (6.1 × 9.4 in)
framed: 26 × 34 cm (10.2 × 13.4 in)
signed on the reverse
Frame by...
Category
1920s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Landscape from Kvikkjokk, Sápmi, c. 1861
Located in Stockholm, SE
Per Daniel Holm (Malingsbo, Dalarna 1835–1903 Stockholm) Attributed to.
Landscape from Kvikkjokk, c. 1861
oil on board
unframed 39 x 56 cm (15.4 x 22 inches)
framed 46.5 x 63 cm (...
Category
1860s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Northern Valley View – Light, Stillness and Depth in the Swedish North
Located in Stockholm, SE
In this luminous landscape, Oscar Lycke invites us to experience the serene vastness of Sweden’s northern interior. Likely painted in the region surrounding Liden along the Indalsälv...
Category
1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
An Old Military Road, The Road over Dovrefjell, Norway
By Carl Oscar Borg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Carl Oscar Borg (1879–1947)
An Old Military Road, The Road over Dovrefjell, Norway
gouache on paper, ca. 1900
signed
sheet 12.5 cm x 17.5 (4.9 x 6.9 in)
framed 23 × 28 cm (9 × 11...
Category
1890s American Impressionist Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Gathered by the Easter Fire, Dalsland
By Carl Oscar Borg
Located in Stockholm, SE
A rare and atmospheric work from Carl Oscar Borg’s early years in Sweden, this evocative gouache captures the tradition of Easter fires (påskeldar) in the rural region of Dalsland. A...
Category
Late 19th Century American Impressionist Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Valley View with Pines and Distant Peaks, Sierra Nevada (Possibly Yosemite)
By Carl Oscar Borg
Located in Stockholm, SE
This luminous gouache captures a majestic mountain vista, likely set in California’s Sierra Nevada (possibly Yosemite). Two broad granite peaks with sunlit faces dominate the backgro...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Early Summer Light by Swedish Artist Oscar Lycke, 1911
Located in Stockholm, SE
Executed in 1911, this ink and crayon drawing by Oscar Lycke captures the quiet clarity of early summer in northern Sweden. A hillside meadow, dotted with loosely gathered hay, unfol...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Ink
Evening Calm by the Northern River
Located in Stockholm, SE
ink on paper
signed OSC. LYCKE
unframed 24 x 34 cm (9.4 x 13.4 in)
framed 33.5 x 43.5 cm (13.2 x 17.1 in)
Provenance:
Acquired directly from Katarina Gunnarsson, who inherited the ...
Category
1910s Romantic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
A Northern Vision in Miniature
Located in Stockholm, SE
This exquisitely detailed drawing by Swedish artist Oscar Lycke captures a rustic settlement nestled in the golden highlands of northern Sweden, most likely depicting the traditional...
Category
1910s Impressionist Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Watercolor, Pencil
Still Life with Apples, c. 1910
Located in Stockholm, SE
Still Life with Apples is an exquisite still-life painting that captures a quiet moment of abundance and peace. On a humble wooden table lies a cluster of ripe apples, their rosy and...
Category
1910s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Geese in the Marshland, Falsterbo, 1918
By William Gislander
Located in Stockholm, SE
This luminous oil painting by William Gislander captures a tranquil evening scene in the coastal wetlands of Falsterbo, southern Sweden. A group of geese gathers at the edge of a mea...
Category
1910s Romantic Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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Sunset in the Forest, c. 1910
Located in Stockholm, SE
This luminous painting by Oscar Lycke captures a tranquil sunset scene deep within a Nordic forest. The warm, golden light of the setting sun filters through the dense spruce trees, ...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Young Girl Watering Flowers – Intimate 19th Century Genre Scene
Located in Stockholm, SE
This tender scene by German artist Georg Buchner captures a quiet, intimate moment: a young girl carefully watering a potted plant on a windowsill. The warm light gently illuminates ...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Aprilafton, Delsbo (April Evening, Delsbo), c. 1910
Located in Stockholm, SE
Oscar Lycke’s Aprilafton, Delsbo (“April Evening, Delsbo”), c. 1910, is a luminous oil painting that masterfully captures the gentle transition from winter to early spring in the rur...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Evening Sun, View of Visby, c. 1896
Located in Stockholm, SE
This evocative evening view of Visby by Axel Lindman captures Visby in the warm, fading light of the setting sun. Rendered with atmospheric sensitivity, the silhouette of Visby’s med...
Category
1890s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early Painting from Puerto Orotava (Puerto de la Cruz), Tenerife, 1894
Located in Stockholm, SE
This small oil painting on board (21.5 x 33 cm) is a rare early work by Swedish landscape painter Carl Johansson (1863–1944). Painted during the artist’s 1894 travels to the Canary I...
Category
1890s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
A Rare Winter Landscape With Clouds by Sam Uhrdin (1910)
By Sam Uhrdin
Located in Stockholm, SE
This atmospheric landscape from 1910 offers a rare glimpse into a lesser-known side of Sam Uhrdin’s work. Painted before his formal art education, the canvas reveals an emerging arti...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Julius Kronberg’s Angelica – A Romantic Heroine of Renaissance Legend
Located in Stockholm, SE
Literary Origins of Angelica
The subject of this painting is Angelica, a princess from the epic chivalric romances of the Italian Renaissance. She first appears in Matteo Maria Boiardo’s Orlando Innamorato (1483) and reappears famously in Ludovico Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso (1532). In these poems – part of the Matter of France cycle of Charlemagne and his paladins – Angelica’s extraordinary beauty ensnares many knights, including Orlando (Roland) and his cousin Rinaldo, sparking rivalries and adventures. Ariosto’s narrative particularly highlights Angelica’s tumultuous journey: at one point she is stripped and chained to a rock as a sacrifice to a sea monster (a scene mirroring the myth of Andromeda) before being dramatically rescued by the valiant knight Ruggiero on his winged horse. Ultimately, however, Angelica chooses her own destiny. She falls in love with a humble Saracen soldier, Medoro, whom she nurses back to health, and she returns with him to her far-off Asian kingdom – an affair that drives the heartbroken Orlando to madness. This independent resolution (marrying outside the circle of Christian knights) made Angelica an emblem of feminine agency and romantic idealism in Renaissance literature. Her story remained popular in art and literature through the centuries, symbolizing the allure and elusiveness of love.
Kronberg’s Portrayal and Composition
In Julius Kronberg...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Four Hooded Crows in a Winter Landscape, c. 1910–1915
Located in Stockholm, SE
This quietly atmospheric painting by Jon Loman captures a group of four hooded crows in a snow-covered winter landscape. Three of the birds perch on a rustic wooden fence, while the ...
Category
1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Winter Sunset in the Forest, 1923
Located in Stockholm, SE
This atmospheric winter scene by Swedish artist Birger Borgman captures the stillness and quiet beauty of a snow-covered landscape at dusk. Soft lavender and blue shadows stretch acr...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
