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

Conveying the Child's Coffin (A Child's Funeral) is a painting by Finnish painter Albert Edelfelt completed in 1879.[1][2]

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

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. "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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