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Artist: Johan Gustaf Sandberg (1782–1854)
Swedish painter
Title: Flicka vid ljussken
Object type: Painting
Description: The perspective in this painting is that of the passer-by. The woman about to go to bed appears to have arrested her movement of drawing the curtains as her gaze meets ours. This picture can be seen as a play on the theme of allure and forbidden love. The light adds to the visual tension by alternately concealing and revealing.
Date: 1844
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Height: 37 cm (14.6 in). Width: 26.5 cm (10.4 in).
Inscriptions (Swedish): Signerad: J G Sandberg
SKU: 274804
