Conveying the Child's Coffin (A Child's Funeral)

Painting by Albert Edelfelt
Conveying the Child's Coffin
sv: Ett barns likfärd, fi: Lapsen ruumissaatto
ArtistAlbert Edelfelt
Year1879
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions120 cm × 204 cm (47 in × 80 in)
LocationAteneum, Helsinki, Finland
OwnerRepublic of Finland
Websitewww.kansallisgalleria.fi/en/object/386624

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

  1. ^ a b "Finnish National Gallery - Work: Conveying the Child's Coffin (A Child's Funeral)". www.kansallisgalleria.fi. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  2. ^ "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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Albert Edelfelt
Paintings
Historic
  • March of the Björneborg Regiment
  • Burnt Village
  • Queen Blanche
  • Duke Karl Insulting the Corpse of Klaus Fleming [sv]
  • Horatius and Lydia [uk]
  • Christ and Mary Magdalene, a Finnish Legend [sv]
Landscape
Folk life
  • Conveying the Child's Coffin (A Child's Funeral)
  • Old Woman with a Chip Basket [sv]
  • Women Outside the Church at Ruokolahti [sv]
  • La laitière [sv]
  • At Sea [sv]
  • At the Gate (Village of Porras) [sv]
"Sunshine pieces"
Urban life
  • Reading Parisienne [sv]
  • Luxembourg Gardens, Paris
Portraits
  • Female Nude, Study [sv]
  • Pasteur's portrait by Edelfelt
  • Portrait of the Artist's Wife Ellan Edelfelt [sv]
  • Portrait of the Artist's Sister Ellen Edelfelt [sv]
Family
  • Carl Albert Edelfelt [sv] (father)
  • Ellan de la Chapelle [sv] (wife)
  • Erik Edelfelt [sv] (son)
Monuments
  • Albert Edelfelt's ateljémuseum [sv] (Porvoo)
  • Albert Edelfelt's statue [fi] (Helsinki)