”Fattigbössan” (The mite box)
Indistinctly signed ”Höck…” (possibly the artist continued working on the composition after it was signed and then partly painted over the signature). Oil on canvas 28.5 x 21 cm. Period, or near period, frame.
Provenance
Swedish Member of Parliament Gustaf Ferdinand Olofsson (in parliament known as "Olofsson i Åvik", Västra Ny socken 1849-1929 Askersund, Sweden (acquired in 1885 for SEK 16).
Exhibitions
Kungliga Akademien för de fria konsterna (The Royal Academy of Art), Stockholm, ”Minnesutställning över Johan Fredrik Höckert”, March 13 - April 15, 1926, no. 72: ”Fattigbössan” (owner Mr. Gustaf Olofsson, Askersund, Member of Parliament).
Literature
Aron Borelius, ”Johan Fredrik Höckert 1826-1866”, SAK, 1927, p. 185, p. 314, under ”Höckerts målningar”, under 1858, no. 79 ”Fattigbössan”.
Archive:
Lund, Sweden, Lund University Library, photography donated by Aron Borelius.
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