"Folke Filbyter"
Signed Carl Milles. Numbered 1/12. Foundry mark H Bergman. Bronze, dark patina. Height 23 cm (including wood base 33 cm).
M. P. Verneuil, "Carl Milles. Sculpteur suédois", 1929, compare page 78-90.
Henrik Cornell, "Milles skönhetsvärld", 1957, compare page 23 and picture number 21-25 and picture number 70.
Henrik Cornell, "Carl Milles", SAK 1963, compare page 68-72.
Erik Näslund, "Carl Milles. En biografi", 1991, compare page 167-169.
"Folke Filbyter," a historical figure, is a smaller version of the monumental Folkungabrunnen group of sculptures Milles created for the main square in Linköping, Sweden in 1927. The sculptor has depicted the progenitor of the house of Bjelbo clan at the moment when, according to the legend, he is on the search for his abducted grandson. Milles portrays the horse falling on a stone with Folke looking steadily downward and this moment fills the composition with movement.