Saturday, September 22, 2007

The National Gallery

We visited the National Gallery today, and went through all the exhibitions where we encountered hundreds of Renaissance paintings and other important treasures from the art galleries.
Carl Larsson (The Norman Rockwell of Sweden) has made two impressive paintings which are hanging on the third floor of the entrance hall. "Midwinter sacrifice" (above) spans 6 x 14 yds. and depicts an old Viking ritual; "Gustaf Vasa's entry to Stockholm 1523" (below) is not quite as huge but still pretty impressive.
In the entrance hall, visitors will also encounter "The funeral transport of Charles XII" (below), depicting the deceased king Charles XII being brought home to Sweden from war in Norway.