Scene from Valdemarsvik, Sweden
Signed Ferd. Hernlund and dated -85. Oil on
canvas 67 x 52 cm.
Pharmacist Olof Fredrik Wilhelm Helleday and his wife Sofia Wilhelmin Olivenbaum, Falun, Sweden; their son, infantry captain Karl Fredrik Olivenbaum Helleday, Falun, Sweden; acquired at his deceased estate auction May 28, 1932 for SEK 150 kronor; Vattenfall (until 2019).
Kungl. Akademien för de fria konsterna (The Royal Academy of Arts), Stockholm, 1885, no. 82 (”Motiv från Valdemarsvik”).
Emil Hultmark, "Kungl. Akademiens för de fria konsterna utställningar 1794-1887", 1935, mentioned p. 130; Svenskt Konstnärslexikon, Vol. III, 1957, mentioned p. 119 (under the title ”Kvarn vid Valdemarsvik”).
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