The interesting story about Rembrandt's oil painting The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis:
Rembrandt painted The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis around 1660 and the intention was that it would adorn a wall in Amsterdam City Hall. But, it seemed outdated and it did not please the clients and then it was taken down in 1662. After that, the middle part of this giant painting was taken out, and was brought to Sweden by the Dutch family Peille. Thus it was acquired by Stockholm merchant Henrik Wilhelm Peill through his marriage to Sophia Grill, who was a sole daughter of the wealthy Claës Grill, a director of the Swedish East India. Probably on the advice of artist friends, Henrik Wilhelm Peill deposited the painting at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts, where it ca be seen hanging on the wall in the background of a painting by Elias Martin of the visit of King Gustav III in 1782. Eventually it was donated by the family Peille to the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts (Konstakademien) in Stockholm. Furtheron the Academy of Arts deposited the oil painting in the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm. Even in its present state (cut down) the painting shines with beauty. It is constituted one of Sweden's most precious art treasures.
In 1780 the Swedish King Gustaf III visited the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts premises at Rödbotorget in Stockholm and discovered that the large painting, Rembrandt's The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis (Batavernas trohetsed), hanging in the model hall of the Academy. The painting still belonged to the Dutch family Peill, who deposited it in the Academy. The King Gustaf III, who at that time was building up his gallery in the Royal Palace ("Royal Museum"), begged the need for the painting to come over to his gallery. So he felt that this painting was too significant to be located in a "school". His desire was heard since the board has become the subject of a thorough restoration of the conservator Erik Hallblad[permanent dead link].
After the death of Gustaf III in Stockholm in 1792 the painting was donated in 1798 for good to the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in Stockholm, after that the museum official and courtier Carl Fredrik Fredenheim [sv] in connection with the new interiors of the "Konglig Museum" ("Royal Museum") returned it to the Academy. The museum was founded in 1792 as "Konglig Museum" ("Royal Museum"), but the present building of Nationalmuseum (or National Museum of Fine Arts) on Blasieholmen in Stockholm was opened in 1866, and then it was renamed the Nationalmuseum. The museum exhibits an impressive art collection due to its benefactors, King Gustaf III and Carl Gustaf Tessin. The painting is still owned by the Academy of Arts, but has been deposited since 1864 in the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm.
A cast (copy) of the ancient statue Laocoön and His Sons, which the Swedish King Gustav III brought to Sweden in late 18th century, is also on display at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in Stockholm. So, when Pehr Hörberg studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts (Konstakademien) in Stockholm, the copy of the statue Laocoön and His Sons was already there, from late 18th century, and there it is still today. In Nationalmuseum in Stockholm there is another copy, a plaster cast of the statue Laocoön and His Sons (Laokoongruppen) Copy of the ancient statue Laokoön and His Sons from 50 BC.
The interesting story about Rembrandt's oil painting The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis:
Rembrandt painted The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis around 1660 and the intention was that it would adorn a wall in Amsterdam City Hall. But, it seemed outdated and it did not please the clients and then it was taken down in 1662. After that, the middle part of this giant painting was taken out, and was brought to Sweden by the Dutch family Peille. Thus it was acquired by Stockholm merchant Henrik Wilhelm Peill through his marriage to Sophia Grill, who was a sole daughter of the wealthy Claës Grill, a director of the Swedish East India. Probably on the advice of artist friends, Henrik Wilhelm Peill deposited the painting at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts, where it ca be seen hanging on the wall in the background of a painting by Elias Martin of the visit of King Gustav III in 1782. Eventually it was donated by the family Peille to the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts (Konstakademien) in Stockholm. Furtheron the Academy of Arts deposited the oil painting in the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm. Even in its present state (cut down) the painting shines with beauty. It is constituted one of Sweden's most precious art treasures.
In 1780 the Swedish King Gustaf III visited the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts premises at Rödbotorget in Stockholm and discovered that the large painting, Rembrandt's The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis (Batavernas trohetsed), hanging in the model hall of the Academy. The painting still belonged to the Dutch family Peill, who deposited it in the Academy. The King Gustaf III, who at that time was building up his gallery in the Royal Palace ("Royal Museum"), begged the need for the painting to come over to his gallery. So he felt that this painting was too significant to be located in a "school". His desire was heard since the board has become the subject of a thorough restoration of the conservator Erik Hallblad[permanent dead link].
After the death of Gustaf III in Stockholm in 1792 the painting was donated in 1798 for good to the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in Stockholm, after that the museum official and courtier Carl Fredrik Fredenheim [sv] in connection with the new interiors of the "Konglig Museum" ("Royal Museum") returned it to the Academy. The museum was founded in 1792 as "Konglig Museum" ("Royal Museum"), but the present building of Nationalmuseum (or National Museum of Fine Arts) on Blasieholmen in Stockholm was opened in 1866, and then it was renamed the Nationalmuseum. The museum exhibits an impressive art collection due to its benefactors, King Gustaf III and Carl Gustaf Tessin. The painting is still owned by the Academy of Arts, but has been deposited since 1864 in the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm.
