Robert_Wilhelm_Ekman_-_Väinämöinen’s_Play.jpg

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Robert Wilhelm Ekman : Väinämöinen's Play wikidata:Q16297453 reasonator:Q16297453
Artist
Robert Wilhelm Ekman (1808–1873) wikidata:Q938282
Robert Wilhelm Ekman
Alternative names
R. W. Ekman
Description Finnish painter
Date of birth/death 13 August 1808 Edit this at Wikidata 19 February 1873 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Uusikaupunki Turku
Work location
Netherlands (1839) Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q938282
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
English: Väinämöinen’s Play
Suomi: Väinämöisen soitto
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Väinämöinen, the central character in Finnish folklore and the main character in the national epic Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot, is an old and wise demigod, who is possessed a potent, magical singing voice. Picture of the Väinämöinen's Play by Robert Wilhelm Ekman, 1866.
Depicted people Väinämöinen
Date C.E.1866
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 390 cm (12.7 ft); width: 283 cm (111.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,390U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,283U174728
References Pinx - maalaustaide Suomessa: Suuria kertomuksia . Weilin+Göös 2001. p. 47.
Source/Photographer http://bifrost.it/FINNI/Museo/Ekman-1.html
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