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Alexander Lauréus

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Oil painting of villagers dancing in a dim wooden room while a fiddler plays and onlookers watch.

A Peasant Dance in Finland

1816

Painting of a monk in white robes standing among wine barrels in a vaulted brick cellar.

A Monk in a Ruin which Has Been Made into a Wine Cellar

1823

Dim stone vaulted room with figures at a table near a bright archway opening onto a sunlit courtyard.

In the Ruins of the Marcellus Theatre

1820

Elderly bearded man in red robe weighing gold coins on a small scale at a candlelit wooden table.

Old Man Weighing Gold Coins

1810

Fishermen gather around a bright campfire beside a moored sailboat on a dark shore at night.

Fishermen Lighting a Campfire

1810

Night scene of a sailing boat on shore with figures by a campfire, a man holding a torch, under dark clouds.

Islanders at a Campfire

1813

Candlelit painting of a bearded elder reading a large book at a table while family members gather and listen.

Jewish Rabbi Reading the Bible to His Family

1816

Night scene of a burning house with orange flames and smoke, small figures gathered on the ground below.

Burning House

1813

Watercolor of a busy Rome street with a market stall, donkey, townspeople, a shrine, and a stone archway.

Street View in Rome

1823

Painted crowd around a wooden platform under trees, with a white flag and mounted figures in a warm ochre scene.

St. Louis Celebration in Paris I

Night scene of a veiled woman holding an infant on a donkey, led by a man carrying a torch and staff.

Flight into Egypt

1812

Painting of men playing cards around a candlelit table in a vaulted room, some smoking pipes, one holding a glass of wine.

Card Players

1815

Peasants in a dim rocky grotto, a woman and child on straw, a standing man by a wooden door, and a seated woman at right.

Italian Peasants in a Grotto (Antique Grotto in the Tarpeian Rock)

1821

Travellers with water buffalo, a covered wagon and a horseback rider pass a ruined arch and distant towers.

Travellers by Aqua Claudia

Old man lighting his pipe at a glowing hearth while a younger man with a tankard stands behind him in a rustic room.

Ukko sytyttämässä piippuaan

1809

Painting of a young woman with a candle at an arched window, a cat on the ledge below, dark background.

Nuori nainen ja kynttilä, kopio Gerrit Doun mukaan

1805

Painting of a violinist seated in a tavern, with drinking patrons and a barrel in the background.

Viulunsoittaja

1809

Painting of an elderly bearded man seated at a table with a glass of wine and a bottle, in worn clothing against a dark backg

Man Drinking Wine

1822

Night street scene of a watermelon seller slicing melon at a lamp-lit stall while women and a child look on.

Italialainen vesimelonikauppias

1820

Painting of a woman holding a candle at a window, reaching toward a birdcage as an older man looks on in the shadows.

A Woman with a Burning Candle

1818

Oil painting of a woman in a white bonnet holding a lantern at a window, with a hanging bird and dim interior behind her.

A Woman with A Lantern

1818

Painting of bandits abducting women by torchlight in a dark rocky ravine, with a kneeling woman in white in the foreground.

Italian Bandits Abducting Some Women

1823

Portrait of a Young Woman

1809

Night scene of hunters and dogs resting by a bonfire beside a ruined stone tower, with a ruined arch in the distance.

Hunters by a Bonfire

1814

Night painting of a farmhouse on fire with orange glow, a man herding cattle in front, and a moonlit lake at left.

A Fire at Night in a Farmer's House

1809

Oil portrait of a woman in white with two boys, one seated on a stone ledge and one holding fruit, against a cloudy landscape

The Artist’s Stepmother Mariana Juliana Lauréus and Her Two Sons

1806

Self-portrait of a young man with curly hair in a brown waistcoat and frilled cravat, holding a palette and brushes.

Self-Portrait

1805

Painting of a winged angel rising above two kneeling men in a dim interior, with women watching from a doorway.

The Angel Leaves Tobias

1820

Night scene of people gathered around a campfire beside a conical tent, with moonlight over a forest and reindeer at right.

Saami People around a Fire

1813

Elderly woman lit by a candle in a dark arched interior, with a birdcage and basket behind her.

Vanha nainen ja kynttilä, kopio Gerrit Doun mukaan

1806

Dim bedroom with a kneeling man, a seated woman in a white dress beside a canopied bed, and a glowing fireplace.

Tobias rukoilee häähuoneessa

1820

Candlelit room with dancing couples and seated guests around a dining table, a chandelier overhead and a portrait on the wall

Party at the Parsonage

1815

Painting of a nude woman beside a canopy bed as a servant holds a white cloth, lit by a hanging lamp.

After the Bath

Painting of hunters and two dogs around a campfire at night beneath a rocky outcrop, with distant hills under a dark sky.

Metsästäjiä nuotiolla

1813

Painting of an angel appearing in glowing clouds above shepherds and cattle beneath a tree at night.

Enkelten ilmestys paimenille

1815

Oil portrait of an elderly woman with a spindle, white fur collar and dark background, in a gilded frame.

Vanha vaimo värttinöineen, kopio Giuseppe Nogarin mukaan

Hand-colored print of armored riders and peasants beside a hay cart and horses in a dark night forest.

Kustaa Vaasa heinäkuormassa

1815

Painting of a smiling young woman in a red bodice holding a candle in an arched window niche against a dark background.

Nuori nainen ja kynttilä, kopio Godfried Schalckenin mukaan

Painting of a dim tavern interior with three figures, a wine barrel, a wooden table with red wine, and an arched window.

Il pecoraio (Shepherd)

1822

Oil painting of a dim Roman tavern with a seated man, a woman pouring wine at a table, and drinkers in the background.

Roman osteria

1820

Dark painting of a ferry with a torch-bearing man, passengers, and a cow on a raft at night.

A Ferry with Passengers and Cattle

1808

Oil painting of a woman dancing with a yellow scarf in a candlelit vaulted inn, with onlookers and seated men.

Dancing scene in an Italian Inn

1822

Four men playing cards around a wooden table in a dim tavern interior, with coins and a pipe on the table.

Peasants playing Cards

1812

Night scene of a robbery in a rocky ravine, a woman in white struggling as men surround her by torchlight.

Robbery Scene

1823

Painting of a saddled donkey beside hay under a stone archway, with two women in a dim barn doorway.

Saddled Donkey

1820