Maria Wiik
(Finland, 1853-1928)
Maria Wiik
(Finland, 1853-1928)
PORTRAIT OF A MAN.
Sign. Mixed media on paper 60x46 cm.
Provenance
The previous owner was colonel Hugo Robert Standertskjöld (1844-1931), who was born in Finland and the owner of a weapon factory in Russia.
He was a member of Svenska Litteratursällskapet i Finland and a good friend of Johan Ludvig Runeberg and Alfred Nobel.
The present owner’s grandmother inherited the pieces together with many other works by acclaimed Finnish artists, such as Schjerfbeck, Edelfelt and Lundahl.
More information
This item is collected at Iso Roobertinkatu 12 Helsinki after the auction has ended.