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Olof Arenius a Swedish portrait painter, and son of a minister in Upland, was born in 1701. He studied under David von Krafft, and afterwards went to the Netherlands to study the old masters. His portraits and miniatures in oil are much esteemed, and are to be found in all the public galleries, as well as in the best private collections, in Sweden. Many of them have been engraved. He died at Stockholm in 1766.
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Painting ID:: 72530 Oil painting of Anders Celsius. Painting by Olof Arenius
Oil painting of Anders Celsius. Painting by Olof Arenius (1701 - 1766). The original painting is placed in the astronomical observatory of Uppsala University.
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Painting ID:: 74217 Anders Celsius
Oil painting of Anders Celsius. Painting by Olof Arenius (1701 - 1766). The original painting is placed in the astronomical observatory of Uppsala University
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Painting ID:: 85975 Self portrait
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 36 x 29 cm (14.2 x 11.4 in)
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Olof Arenius
a Swedish portrait painter, and son of a minister in Upland, was born in 1701. He studied under David von Krafft, and afterwards went to the Netherlands to study the old masters. His portraits and miniatures in oil are much esteemed, and are to be found in all the public galleries, as well as in the best private collections, in Sweden. Many of them have been engraved. He died at Stockholm in 1766.
. Related Artists to Olof Arenius: | The Freake Limner | George Hardy | Henry Merwin Shrady | Gilbert Charles Stuart | Masek, Vitezlav Karel |
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