Gustaf Lucander, also Locander (1724–1805) was a Finnish painter. Lucander was born in

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, and primarily painted religious-themed works for church commissions. He started off as a secular decoration artist. He painted

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s for the church in Nötö (1771) and

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(1776). He worked on restoring an altar for a church in

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following a fire, which was so thorough that the board can even be seen in his painting.

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