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File:Gallen Kallela The Forging of the Sampo.jpg

Summary

Artist
Title Finnish: Sammon taonta
Forging of the Sampo
Date 1893
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 152 × 200 cm (59.8 × 78.7 in)
Helsinki
Accession number A I 513
Object history purchase 27 November 1893
Notes Painting by Akseli Gallen-Kallela, depicting a scene from Kalevala, a Finnish epic poem. Smith Ilmarinen is forging the magical mill called Sampo, a centerpiece in many of Kalevala's stories. See also the page at the Finnish National Gallery website
References kokoelmat.fng.fi
Source/Photographer 1. Unknown
2. The Bridgeman Art Library, Object 476496

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Image title
  • NGF476496 Forging of the Sampo, 1893 (oil on canvas) by Gallen-Kallela, Akseli Valdemar (1865-1931); 200x152 cm; Ateneum Art Museum, Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki, Finland; (add.info.: In Finnish mythology, the Sampo or Sammas was a magical artifact of indeterminate type that brought good fortune to its holder); PERMISSION REQUIRED FOR NON EDITORIAL USAGE; Finnish, it is possible that some works by this artist may be protected by third party rights in some territories
Copyright holder
  • Copyright: www.bridgemanart.com
Orientation Normal
Horizontal resolution 300 dpi
Vertical resolution 300 dpi
Software used Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows
File change date and time 12:47, 1 May 2012
Colour space sRGB
Short title NGF476496
Credit/Provider www.bridgemanart.com
Source www.bridgemanart.com
Keywords forging; Sampo; Sammas; magic; magical; object; good luck; fortune; lucky; myth; mythology; mythological; Kalevala; Ilmarinen; blacksmith; smith; smithy; forge; male; furnace; wood; woods; woodland; forest; atmospheric; mysterious; tools; hut; heat; pumping
Width 3,670 px
Height 5,079 px
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Date and time of digitizing 14:28, 14 January 2009
Date metadata was last modified 13:47, 1 May 2012
Label Text 'NGF476496 Forging of the Sampo, 1893 (oil on canvas) by Gallen-Kallela, Akseli Valdemar (1865-1931); 200x152 cm; Ateneum Art Museum, Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki, Finland; (add.info.: In Finnish mythology, the Sampo or Sammas was a magical artifact of indeterminate type that brought good fortune to its holder); PERMISSION REQUIRED FOR NON EDITORIAL USAGE; Finnish, it is possible that some works by this artist may be protected by third party rights in some territories'
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