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John Börjeson

(Sweden, 1835-1910)
Estimate
10 000 - 12 000 SEK
899 - 1 080 EUR
939 - 1 130 USD
Hammer price
11 000 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Johan Jinnerot
Stockholm
Johan Jinnerot
Specialist Art and Old master paintings
+46 (0)739 400 801
John Börjeson
(Sweden, 1835-1910)

”Musiken” (The Music)

Signed Börjeson. Foundry marl O. Meyer Fud. Bronze, dark patina. Height 40.5 cm.

More information

The composition is called "Music" and was originally intended as a monumental staty in a composition beside a monument of King Oskar II. It would consist of a groups of Music, Painting, Handicrafts, Poetry, Theater and Science, all arranged around a bust of the king. The sketches in plaster was finished in 1889. The motifs "Poetry" and “Theater” are now placed (as large statue bronzes) outside the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm.

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