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Study for Illustrations to Snorre Sturlason's The Saga of Olav Tryggvason
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    Study for Illustrations to Snorre Sturlason's The Saga of Olav Tryggvason

    TitleStudy for Illustrations to Snorre Sturlason's The Saga of Olav Tryggvason
  • Technique/ MaterialPen and black ink
  • DimensionsFrame: (h x b x dj) 60 x 47 x 3,5 cm
    Dimensions: (h x b) 10,4 x 13,7 cm
  • Dating1896 - 1897
  • Artist/Maker Artist: Erik Werenskiold, Norwegian, born 1855, dead 1938
  • CategoryDrawings, Free-hand drawings
  • ClassificationDrawing
  • Inventory No.NMH 350/1987
  • AcquisitionBequest 1987 Torsten Svedfelt
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    An edition of Snorre Sturlason’s sagas was published in 1896 in which the illustrators strove to be as historically accurate as possible. Olav Tryggvason was related to Harald Fairhair and had taken part in raids in England. In 995 he became king of Norway. He was killed at the naval Battle of Svolder in 1000, in conflict with Olof Skötkonung of Sweden and Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark.