HALLWYL COLLECTION OF PAINTINGS/ HALLWYLSKA MÅLERISAMLINGEN.

Author: Eva Helena Cassel-Pihl, Cecilia Engellau-Gullander, Mikael Ahlund, et. al
Country: Sweden
Language: Swedish
Year Published: 1997
No. of pages: 421
Illustrations: 336 Color Illustrations. 56 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound with a red velvet and black binding - luxurious
Size: 11”x 8 1/2”
Weight: 4.00
ISBN: 916304921X
Biblio/Bio: Bibl. Index.
Code: 3301

Price: $150.00

The core of the collection at the Hallwyl Museum in Stockholm are the Dutch and Flemish paintings by several notable artists of the 16th and 17th centuries, app. 160 works. There are also a number of paintings of the French, Italian and German schools, the most interesting of the last mentioned being a painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder, “Christ in Limbo”, which is an excellent example of the artist’s style during his years in Wittenberg in the 1520s. Wilhelmina von Hallwyl started collecting the very large international collection at the turn of the century. It includes more than 400 works of art the by a wide selection of artists, each represented by one or two typical works. A gorgeous book, which belongs in every art lover’s library, especially those who favor the traditional school of still life, landscape and figurative painting.