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Bringing Home the Body of King Karl XII of Sweden
Gustaf Cederström painted Bringing Home the Body of King Charles XII of Sweden in Paris in 1877-78. It is an imaginative portrayal of the royal hero's return to Sweden following the fatal shot at Halden in Norway in 1718. In order to make his picture as realistic as possible, Cederström painted numerous sketches and studies outdoors. He erected a stretcher, with a professional model, an Italian na…
Creator
Subject
- Kung Karl XII
Type of item
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
- Visual arts
Creator
Subject
- Kung Karl XII
Type of item
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
- Visual arts
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Nationalmuseum, Sweden
Creation date
- 1884
- 1884
Provenance
- Inköp 1884 med Sophia Gieseckes donationsmedel och med bidrag av Letterstedtska Föreningen samt enskilda konstvänner
Identifier
- NM 1363
- 18366
Extent
- Mått 265 x 371 cm
Format
- Olja på duk
Year
- 1884
Providing country
- Sweden
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2017-01-11T14:09:06.993Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2017-01-11T14:26:37.536Z