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Artist: Bengt Nordenberg (1822–1902)
Swedish painter
Title: Solar Eclipse
Object type: Painting
Description: In many ways, Bengt Nordenberg’s painting lives up to the expectations on Romantic artists, with Caspar David Friedrich as the typical example – with the averted figures and the spectacular lighting. However, while Friedrich set his scenes in anonymous places in a timeless ideal world, Nordenberg’s painting relates to a specific event. On 28 July, 1851, a solar eclipse took place that could be seen throughout most of northern Europe.
Date: 1851
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Height: 35.5 cm (14 in). Width: 46 cm (18.1 in).
Framed: Height: 55.5 cm (21.9 in). Width: 65.5 cm (25.8 in).
Inscriptions (Swedish): Påskrift: Knöppel [på ramens baksida otydligt] Signerad: B.N. 51
SKU: 272652
