PORTRAIT OF THE NATIONAL POETS PIETARI MAKKONEN AND OLLI KYMÄLÄINEN.
Oil on canvas 33x28,5 cm.
Ytsmuts, färgbortfall.
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Jämför med porträtt avbildat i K.K. Meinader, "Porträtt i Finland före 1840-talet", bild nr 477.
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Pietari Makkonen and Olli Kymäläinen are one of the best known national poets in Finland. They visited researchers of national poetry in Helsinki 1845, and Elias Lönnrot visited Makkonen for four days while collecting material for his research.
Compare with the portrait illustrated in the book by K.K. Meinander "Porträtt i Finland före 1840-talet", picture no 477.
