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Death of a Hero
The scene with the dying soldier receiving the last rites was close at hand for Nils Forsberg. During the Franco-Prussian War in 1870–1871, he worked as a medic. The soldier was modelled on one of the many casualties Forsberg encountered in the siege of Paris. The scene is set in the Notre Dame, which served as a field hospital. The painting was a success at the Paris Salon of 1888 and made Forsbe…
Creator
- Nils Forsberg
Type of item
- Visual arts
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
Creator
- Nils Forsberg
Type of item
- Visual arts
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Nationalmuseum, Sweden
Creation date
- 1888
- 1888
Provenance
- Gåva 1889 av grosshandlare August Röhss
Identifier
- NM 1419
- 18422
Extent
- Mått 300 x 450 cm
Format
- Olja på duk
Year
- 1888
Providing country
- Sweden
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2017-01-11T14:09:07.751Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2017-01-11T14:26:38.438Z