Conveying the Child's Coffin (A Child's Funeral)
Painting by Albert Edelfelt
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sv: Ett barns likfärd, fi: Lapsen ruumissaatto | |
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Artist | Albert Edelfelt |
Year | 1879 |
Medium | oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 120 cm × 204 cm (47 in × 80 in) |
Location | Ateneum, Helsinki, Finland |
Owner | Republic of Finland |
Website | www |
Conveying the Child's Coffin (A Child's Funeral) is a painting by Finnish painter Albert Edelfelt completed in 1879.[1][2]
The painting depicts a rowing boat on the sea outside Haiko, Porvoo in Finland on a sunny late summer morning. In the foreground the brown-tarred rowing boat contains three peasant women, two men and a girl and a coffin.
The painting is on display at Ateneum in Helsinki, Finland.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Finnish National Gallery - Work: Conveying the Child's Coffin (A Child's Funeral)". www.kansallisgalleria.fi. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ^ "Ett barns likfärd". Albert Edelfelts brev. Elektronisk brev- och konstutgåva (Albert Edelfelt's letters. Digital publication) (in Swedish). Maria Vainio-Kurtakko & Henrika Tandefelt & Elisabeth Stubb, Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. 2020.
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- Carl Albert Edelfelt [sv] (father)
- Ellan de la Chapelle [sv] (wife)
- Erik Edelfelt [sv] (son)
- Albert Edelfelt's ateljémuseum [sv] (Porvoo)
- Albert Edelfelt's statue [fi] (Helsinki)