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Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772), Assessor of the Board of Mines, Mystic
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    Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772), Assessor of the Board of Mines, Mystic

    TitleEmanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772), Assessor of the Board of Mines, Mystic
  • Technique/ MaterialOlja på duk
  • DimensionsDimensions: (h x b) 68 x 53 cm
  • Artist/Maker Artist: Per Krafft d.ä., Swedish, born 1724-01-16, dead 1793-11-07. Attributed to
  • Depicted PersonEmanuel Swedenborg, born 1688, dead 1772
  • CategoryPaintings, Paintings
  • Inventory No.NMGrh 1040
  • AcquisitionÖvertagande 1866 från Gripsholms slott
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    Per Krafft the Elder was a pupil of Roslin in Paris, and also worked in Bayreuth and Warsaw before returning to Sweden. Emanuel Swedenborg was a scientist and a spiritual philosopher. Following repeated visions, he resigned from the Board of Mines in 1743 to devote himself to the study of the Bible and the philosophy of religions. His writings include the interpretation of the Bible he proudly holds the manuscript of here: Apocalypse Revealed (1766).