Artwork
Liljekonval
Liljekonval is an unspecified painting by Unknown. It dates from 1850 and is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.
About this work
Overview
Liljekonval is a hand-painted book illustration created around 1850 by an artist known as 397_person. It is now held at the Museum of Ethnography.
Subject & Meaning
The illustration depicts white lily-of-the-valley flowers with green leaves and stems, clustered in small groups against a soft, blurred green background. Accompanying text in an old script lists plant names in Danish, suggesting a botanical or herbal context.
Technique & Style
The flowers are rendered with careful attention to their delicate shape and tiny details. The illustration's aged appearance, with yellowed edges and faded ink, adds to its historical character.
Artist & collection
Domestic Scene
Giacomo and Cardinal Marco, investing Andrea, Abbot of San Zeno, with his Benefice
The Nymph of Fontainebleau
Portrait of a Woman
Madonna and Child with Saints in the Enclosed Garden
Venus and Minerva
Family Group of Four on Sofa
Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
Dansk Ingefær
Studie af tulipan og andre blomster
Studie af hyben og stedmoderblomst
Vinca minor (liden singrøn)
Studie af blomst og jordbær
Rejsedagbog
Clematis integrifolia (blå staudeklematis); Clematis viticella (italiensk skovranke)
Art of the Lithograph: Printing Letters, Plate XV
Trifolium repens (hvid-kløver); Trifolium pratense (rød-kløver); Oxalis corniculata (nedliggende surkløver); Trifolium incarnatum (blod-kløver); Oxalis acetosella (skovsyre)
Studie af tulipaner