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Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg: The Death of Balder  wikidata:Q112273800 reasonator:Q112273800
Artist
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg  (1783–1853)  wikidata:Q363823
 
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
Alternative names
Eckersberg; C.W. Eckersberg; Christoffer Vilhelm Eckersberg; C. W. Eckersberg
Description painter, university teacher and visual artist
Date of birth/death 2 January 1783 Edit this at Wikidata 22 July 1853 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Blaakrog, Varnaes (South Jutland, Denmark) Copenhagen, Denmark
Work location
Copenhagen, Rome
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creator QS:P170,Q363823
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Title
The Death of Balder
label QS:Len,"The Death of Balder"
label QS:Lnb,"Balders død"
label QS:Lda,"Balders Død"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
  • Title: Balders død
  • Français : La mort de Baldr
  • English: Baldr's Death
  • Country of origin: Denmark
  • Other notes:
  • Français : Baldr est couché au premier plan. Il vient d’être frappé par le projectile de Höd. Le frère aveugle de Baldr est debout à gauche, tendant les bras. Tout à gauche, Loki essaie de dissimuler son sourire. Odin est assis au milieu des Ases. Thor est à sa gauche. À l’arrière-plan, on peut apercevoir Yggdrasil et les trois Nornes.
  • English: Baldr is lying in the foreground. He has just been hit by Höd’s missile. Höd, Baldr’s blind brother, is standing on the left, stretching his arms out. On the very left, Loki tries to conceal his smile. Odin is sitting in the middle of the Æsir. Thor is on his left. Yggdrasil and the three Norns can be seen in the background.
Date 1817
date QS:P571,+1817-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 142 cm (55.9 in); width: 178.3 cm (70.1 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,142U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,178.3U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1280223
Exhibition history
References Kasper Monrad, Eckersberg, page 208.
http://norse-mythology.org/tales/the-death-of-baldur/
Source/Photographer Self-scanned

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