Valdemar Atterdag holding Visby to ransom, 1361 [SEP] creator
Valdemar Atterdag holding Visby to ransom, 1361
Valdemar Atterdag holding Visby to ransom, 1361 is a historical painting (oil on canvas, signed in 1882) by the Swedish historical painter Carl Gustaf Hellqvist (1851–1890).
This painting depicts how the Danish king Valdemar IV (a.k.a. Valdemar Atterdag) collects treasures from the people in the Gotlandic medieval town of Visby in the summer of 1361 AD. If the town's people do not fill the three big beer vats with gold, silver and other riches, Valdemar will
Death of Sten Sture the Younger on the Ice of Lake Mälaren" (Swedish: "Sten Sture d y:s död på Mälarens is").
In August 1882 he was awarded the gold medal for his magnificent historical painting "Valdemar Atterdag Holding Visby to Ransom, 1361" (Swedish: "Valdemar Atterdag brandskattar Visby") in Vienna, Austria.
In 1886 Hellqvist suffered from severe headaches which forced him to take a leave from his teaching at "Königliche akademische Hochschule für die Bildenden Künste" at Berlin