Urban målare (
Swedish
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: "Urban
hepainter"), actual name ''Urban Larsson'', was a
painter
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active in
Sweden
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during the 16th century.
Biography
Virtually nothing is known about the life and work of Urban målare. Traditionally, the original lost version of the painting ''
Vädersolstavlan
; ) is an oil-on-panel painting depicting a halo display, an atmospheric optical phenomenon, observed over Stockholm on 20 April 1535. It is named after the sun dogs () appearing on the upper right part of the painting. While chiefly noted for ...
'' is attributed to him, which, today, is well known through the 1630s copy displayed in
Stockholm Cathedral
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. The painting depicts a
halo
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or
sun dogs that appeared over
Stockholm
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in 1535, and it is often referred to as the oldest topographically correct view of the Swedish capital. As the painting is stylistically associated with the
Danube school
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, it is possible that Urban målare trained as a painter in Germany. The painting ''
Arvstavlan'' is often attributed to him.
He is known to have worked as an official court painter for King
Gustav Vasa
Gustav Eriksson Vasa (12 May 1496 – 29 September 1560), also known as Gustav I, was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death in 1560. He was previously self-recognised Protector of the Realm (''Reichsverweser#Sweden, Riksföreståndare'') fr ...
from 1526 onwards,
and there is documentary evidence that he sold a property in the western part of Stockholm sometime between 1533 and 1538. (''Urban Målare uplåter et steenhuus wästantill'').
See also
*
History of Stockholm
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Origins
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References
Literature
* Göran Axel-Nilsson, (1941) "Urban målare", ''Sankt Eriks årsbok 1941'', Samfundet S:t Erik,
16th-century Swedish painters
Court painters
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