Conveying the Child's Coffin (A Child's Funeral)

Conveying the Child's Coffin (A Child's Funeral) is a painting by Finnish painter Albert Edelfelt completed in 1879.[1][2]

Conveying the Child's Coffin
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ArtistAlbert Edelfelt
Year1879
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions120 cm × 204 cm (47 in × 80 in)
LocationAteneum, Helsinki, Finland
OwnerRepublic of Finland
Websitewww.kansallisgalleria.fi/en/object/386624

The painting depicts a rowing boat on the sea outside Haiko, Porvoo in Finland on a sunny late summer morning. In the foreground the brown-tarred rowing boat contains three peasant women, two men and a girl and a coffin.

The painting is on display at Ateneum in Helsinki, Finland.[1]

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