File:Frans Mikael Franzen by Westin.jpeg

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Artist



Alternative names	Fredrik Westin
Description	Swedish painter and university teacher
Date of birth/death	22 September 1782	13 May 1862
Location of birth/death	Stockholm	Stockholm
Authority file	: Q1453234 VIAF: 55073792 ISNI: 0000000066830745 ULAN: 500020648 GND: 12417129X SELIBR: 292883

Object type

painting

Description

Suomi: Runoilija ja Härnösandin piispa Frans Mikael Franzén (1772–1847), ruotsalaisen Fredrik Westinin maalaama muotokuva. Taustalla on Franzénin opettajan Henrik Gabriel Porthanin rintakuva ja pöydällä Raamattu. Muotokuvan tilasi Helsingin yliopiston Pohjalainen osakunta entisen inspehtorinsa Franzénin täyttäessä 60 vuotta. Muotokuvan omisti Helsingin yliopiston Pohjalainen valtuuskunta ja se kuului yliopiston kokoelmiin. Maalaus tuhoutui osakuntatalo Ostrobotnian tulipalossa 29.11.2008.

English: Portrait of Finnish-born poet and Swedish bishop Frans Mikael Franzén (1772–1847), his hand resting on the Bible. On the background there is a gypsum bust of his tutor, Henrik Gabriel Porthan. The portrait belonged to the Osthrobothnian student delegation of Helsinki University, until it was destroyed in a fire on November 29, 2008.

Date

1832 (destroyed 2008)

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 102 cm (40.1 in); width: 86 cm (33.8 in)

Collection

Helsinki University

Source/Photographer

Ars Universitaria 1640–1990: Muotokuvia Helsingin yliopiston kokoelmista, p. 48. Helsingin yliopisto 1990.

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current	11:24, 20 May 2017		1,208 × 1,447 (473 KB)	Risukarhi
	18:56, 19 May 2017		1,290 × 1,548 (755 KB)	Risukarhi	{{Artwork \|artist ={{Creator:Fredric Westin}} \|description={{fi\|1=Runoilija ja Härnösandin piispa Frans Mikael Franzén (1772–1847), ruotsalaisen Fredrik Westinin maalaama muotokuva. Taustalla on Franzénin opettajan Henrik Gabriel Porthanin ri...