Axel Gallery

The Altarpiece in Molde Cathedral, Norway

The Altarpiece in Molde Cathedral by Axel Hjalmar Ender (1853-1920) - a Norwegian painter and sculptor. Depiction of the Day of Jesus Resurrection - in this scene, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, Salome, Joanna, and at least one other woman headed for Jesus tomb. There was an earthquake and an angel appeared, rolling away the stone in front of the tomb and sat on it, frightening the guards. Date: circa 1910s

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Karl XII, (1933). Creator: Unknown

Karl XII, (1933). Portrait of Charles XII, King of Sweden (1682-1718) who assumed power at the age of fifteen, but was shot and killed during the siege of Fredriksten in Norway. After a miniature by Axel Sparre. From "Gestalten Der Weltgeschichte", a book of cigarette-card portrait miniatures of figures in world history from the last four hundred years. [Germany, 1933]

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Axel Oxenstierna, Count of Sodermore, Swedish statesman, 17th century (1894). Artist: Willem Jacobzoon Delff

Axel Oxenstierna, Count of Sodermore, Swedish statesman (1583-1654), 17th century (1894). From A Collection of Engraved Portraits (Further Selection) Exhibited by the Late James Anderson Rose, at the Opening of the New Library and Museum of the Corporation of London, November 1872, Vol. II. [Marcus Ward & Co., Limited, London, 1894]

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