About the Artist
Amalia Lindegren
Born: Stockholm, 23 May 1814
Died: Stockholm, 27 December 1891
Nationality: Swedish
Collection
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Trivia
This was exhibited at the 1855 Exposition universelle in Paris along with her painting Declaration of Love.
Similar Subjects by Other Artists:
Carl Wilhelm Götzloff, Dancing Italians in Naples, 1836 (Kunsthalle, Hamburg)
Images
Lindegren's painting is set in the central Swedish province of Dalarna.
Typical Dalarna cottages. Log cabin construction was brought to the US by Swedish immigrants.