Burnt Village | |
Other Language 1: | sv |
Other Title 1: | Den brända byn (scen från Klubbekriget 1596) |
Other Language 2: | fi |
Other Title 2: | Poltettu kylä |
Wikidata: | Q18691373 |
Artist: | Albert Edelfelt |
Year: | 1879 |
Medium: | oil on canvas |
Height Metric: | 124 |
Width Metric: | 199 |
Museum: | Cygnaeus Gallery |
City: | Helsinki, Finland |
Owner: | Cygnaeus Gallery |
Burnt village is an oil-on-canvas painting by Finnish painter Albert Edelfelt completed in 1879.[1] [2]
The painting depicts an imaginary scene from the time of the Cudgel War of 1596–1597, a peasant uprising in Finland, which was then part of the Kingdom of Sweden. In the painting, a Finnish peasant family has fled their home village, which has been burnt down by a military force. The creator Albert Edelfelt donated the painting to Cygnaeus Gallery in Helsinki, Finland, where it is on display.[3]
Edelfelt made a study in oils for the painting in 1878–79.[4]