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The Wounded Angel

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Also known as Haavoittunut enkeli

painting by Hugo Simberg

Key facts

Artist
Hugo Simberg
Type
Oil
Dimensions
127 cm × 154 cm (50 in × 61 in)
Location
Ateneum , Helsinki

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Described at

Kansallisgalleria - Teos: Haavoittunut enkeli

Tutustu Ateneumin taidemuseon kokoelmateoksiin.

kokoelmat.fng.fi

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
painting
Country
Finland
Depicts
sky
Movement
Symbolism
Material used
canvas
Location
Ateneum
Image
The Wounded Angel - Hugo Simberg.jpg
Height
127
Width
154
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catalog code
94
depicts Iconclass notation
11G
location of the point of view
Eläintarha
inception
1903-01-01
inventory number
A II 1703
Commons category
The Wounded Angel by Hugo Simberg
title
The Wounded Angel
copyright status
public domain
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Encyclopedic overview

The Wounded Angel (Finnish: Haavoittunut enkeli; Swedish: Sårad ängel; 1903) is a painting by Finnish symbolist painter Hugo Simberg. It is one of the most recognizable of Simberg's works, and was voted Finland's "national painting" in a vote held by the Ateneum art museum in 2006. In a similar 2013 vote held by Nordic Moneta, it was voted second most important.

The painting

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