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Summary
Mårten Eskil Winge: Thor's Fight with the Giants
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q983492 Details on Google Art Project |
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Title |
Swedish: Tors strid med jättarna title QS:P1476,sv:"Tors strid med jättarna"
label QS:Lsv,"Tors strid med jättarna" Tor's Fight with the Giants title QS:P1476,en:"Tor's Fight with the Giants"
label QS:Len,"Tor's Fight with the Giants" |
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Object type |
painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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Description |
English: The modern Swedish word for atmospheric thunder - åska - "the god's ride" - retains the name. That Thor caused lightning and thunder was still a living tradition in the countryside when compulsory education started teaching what was known from the Eddas. |
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Depicted people |
Thor ![]() |
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Date |
1872 date QS:P571,+1872-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 oil on canvasmedium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
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Dimensions |
height: 260 mm (10.23 in); width: 327 mm (12.87 in) dimensions QS:P2048,260U174789 dimensions QS:P2049,327U174789 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q842858 |
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Exhibition history |
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Inscriptions |
M.E. Winge 1872. Stockholm. |
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Source/Photographer | 3gGd_ynWqGjGfQ at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Licensing
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