PER AXEL LUNDGREN, mixed media on weave & paper-panel laid down on masonite. Executed 1956.
Painted movie prop imitating a medieval church fresco painting depicting a blacksmith, a woman and a jester. From the Ingmar Bergman motion picture "The Seventh Seal", 1957. Total measurements (incl. frame) circa 149 x 97 cm; picture ca 142 x 90 cm.
Relined canvas. Minor damages. Scratchmarks. Wear. Loss of colour.
Manne Lindholm (1916-2005), as a gift after the movie was completed. Manne Lindholm played an important part in the making of the motion picture "The Seventh Seal" (1957) where he was Costume Designer and created what since then has become an iconic and often paraphrased image of Death (played by Bengt Ekerot), which has become Ingmar Bergman's possibly best known character ever.
A very rare and highly important piece of set design from the internationally acclaimed motion picture "The Seventh Seal" (1957) by Ingmar Bergman.