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Nationalmuseum
Sweden's national museum of art holds Rembrandt, Rubens, the Swedish painters Carl Larsson and Anders Zorn, and a famous Scandinavian design collection, in a Renaissance-style palace by the water.
History of the museum
The Swedish king Gustav III opened the royal collection to the public as the Royal Museum in 1792, and the present building on Blasieholmen, designed by the German architect Friedrich August Stüler, opened in 1866. In 2018 it reopened after a five-year renovation. Carl Larsson's giant mural Midwinter Sacrifice was painted for its stairway in 1915.
Top pieces
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The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis Rembrandt, 1661
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Midwinter Sacrifice Carl Larsson, 1915
In our gallery from here (21)
La GrenouillèrePierre-Auguste Renoir · 1875
The Lady with a Fan, The Artist's WifeAlexander Roslin · 1768
Portrait of a violinistAnne Vallayer-Coster · 1773
The JuristGiuseppe Arcimboldo · 1566
Truth, Time and HistoryFrancisco Goya · 1797
Dancing FairiesAugust Malmström · 1866
The TownAugust Strindberg · 1903
Mother Anthony's TavernPierre-Auguste Renoir · 1866
The CookGiuseppe Arcimboldo · 1570
Thor's Fight with the GiantsMårten Eskil Winge · 1872
Valdemar Atterdag holding Visby to ransomCarl Gustaf Hellqvist · 1882
OmnibusAnders Zorn · 1891
Gustav Vasas intåg i Stockholm 1523Carl Larsson · 1908
Breakfast TimeHanna Hirsch-Pauli · 1887
Midsummer DanceAnders Zorn · 1897
Coronation of Gustav III.Carl Gustaf Pilo · 1792
Self-Portrait with AllegoriesDavid Klöcker Ehrenstrahl · 1691
ValkyriePeter Nicolai Arbo · 1865
Landscape. Motif from the Numme Valley in NorwayJoachim Frich · 1850
The Sandvik FiordHans Gude · 1879
A Country CobblerHarriet Backer · 1887