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Summary

Christian August Lorentzen : The Legend of the Danish Flag (the Dannebrog) Falling from the Heavens during the Battle of Lyndanise in Estonia in 1219 wikidata:Q20355266 reasonator:Q20355266
Artist
Christian August Lorentzen (1749–1828) wikidata:Q3416034
Christian August Lorentzen
Alternative names
C.A. Lorentzen; Lorensen
Description Danish painter and university teacher
Date of birth/death 10 August 1749 Edit this at Wikidata 8 May 1828 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Sønderborg Copenhagen
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q3416034
Title
Danish:
Dannebrog falder ned fra himlen under Volmerslaget ved Lyndanisse (Tallin) i Estland den 15. juni 1219

Dannebrog falling from the sky during the Battle of Lyndanisse, June 15, 1219
title QS:P1476,da:"Dannebrog falder ned fra himlen under Volmerslaget ved Lyndanisse (Tallin) i Estland den 15. juni 1219"
label QS:Lda,"Dannebrog falder ned fra himlen under Volmerslaget ved Lyndanisse (Tallin) i Estland den 15. juni 1219"
label QS:Len," Dannebrog falling from the sky during the Battle of Lyndanisse, June 15, 1219"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: ...at left in the background archbishop Anders Sunesen with raised hands, and in the foreground Roskilde-bishop Peder Jacobsen pointing at Dannebrog while informing king Valdemar II of Denmark
Dansk: ...i baggrunden tv. ses ærkebiskop Anders Sunesen med hænderne strakt mod Himlen, og i forgrunden peger Roskilde-biskop Peder Jacobsen på det faldende Dannebrog mens han informerer kong Valdemar Sejr
Depicted people Anders Sunesen Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1809
date QS:P571,+1809-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 102 cm (40.1 in); width: 128.5 cm (50.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,102U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,128.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q671384
Current location
room 218A
Accession number
KMS274
Object history purchase, 1815
Inscriptions

Signature and date bottom right:

Lorentzen 1809
References
Source/Photographer Statens Museum for Kunst , image

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