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Artist in the Global Art Registry
Eilif Peterssen
1852–1928 · Norwegian
- Born
- 1852 · Christiania
- Died
- 1928 · Lysaker
50 works in the Collect24 Registry
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Hjalmar Eilif Emanuel Peterssen was a Norwegian painter known for his landscapes and portraits. He gained early recognition for the history painting Christian II signing the Death Warrant of Torben Oxe, and also designed Norway's national coat of arms in 1905.
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Hjalmar Eilif Emanuel Peterssen (4 September 1852 – 29 December 1928) was a Norwegian painter. He is most commonly associated with his landscapes and portraits. He gained early recognition for the history painting Christian II signing the Death Warrant of Torben Oxe and established himself as one of Norway's foremost portrait painters, with portraits of, among others, Henrik Ibsen and Edvard Grieg. He also became known for his landscape paintings, and became part of the artist circle known as the Skagen Painters. He also became known for his design in 1905 of Norway's national coat of arms with the Norwegian lion, which was used by the government and the royal house. The design is still used in the royal coat of arms and the royal flag.
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Featured works
Selected registered works by Eilif Peterssen
Selected from 50 works by Eilif Peterssen in the Collect24 Registry.
Eilif Peterssen
Figure Study of the Farmer Florian Killian., 1872
oil paint
56 × 46.5 cm
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
C24-450512
Eilif Peterssen
Figure Studies after ®The Amassadors of England¯, 1875
oil paint
45.5 × 68.5 cm
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
C24-450511
Eilif Peterssen
SS Cosmas and Damian. Copy after Tizian, 1875
oil paint
54 × 31 cm
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
C24-450181
Eilif Peterssen
The Beach at Porto d'Anzio, 1880
oil paint
20.5 × 32.5 cm
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
C24-450178
Eilif Peterssen
From Holleia, 1884
oil paint
65.5 × 53.5 cm
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
C24-450164
Eilif Peterssen
Judas Iscariot, 1878
oil paint
82 × 100.5 cm
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
C24-450162
Eilif Peterssen
Figure Study of the Farmer Florian Killian., 1872
oil paint
54 × 43.5 cm
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
C24-450513
Eilif Peterssen
The Death of Corfitz Ulfeldt, 1874
oil paint
33 × 46.5 cm
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
C24-450509
Eilif Peterssen
The Death of Corfitz Ulfeldt, 1874
oil paint
16 × 29.5 cm
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
C24-450507
Eilif Peterssen
Siesta in an Osteria in Sora, 1880
oil paint
124.7 × 192.4 cm
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
C24-450367
Eilif Peterssen
Edvard Grieg, 1891
oil paint
101 × 111.5 cm
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
C24-450363
Eilif Peterssen
Portrait of "Mor Utne", 1888
oil paint
85 × 111 cm
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
C24-450365
Museums and collections
Where works by Eilif Peterssen are registered
- National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
Norway
46 works
- Nationalmuseum
Sweden
2 works
- Nationalmuseum Sweden
Stockholm, Sweden
1 work
- SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
Copenhagen, Denmark
1 work
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