Photograph of Dagfin Werenskiold's relief of Deer Grazing on Yggdrasill

Title

Photograph of Dagfin Werenskiold's relief of Deer Grazing on Yggdrasill

Subject

art; mythology; reception; Yggdrasill; World-Tree

Description

Photo taken by Oslo rådhus / Oslo City Hall of one of the 16 wooden reliefs produced by Dagfin Werenskiold, depicting scenes from Norse mythology. This public artwork, named Yggdrasilfrisen, was produced in the 1940s and 1950s. This relief depicts deer grazing on the foliage of Yggdrasill.

Creator

Dagfin Werenskiold

Source

Flickr

Publisher

Eir Torvik / Rådhusets forvaltningstjeneste

Date

1940s / 1950s

Contributor

Administrator

Rights

(c) Eir Torvik / Rådhusets forvaltningstjeneste. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic Licence

Relation

Oslo Rådhuset

Format

jpg

Type

Art

Identifier

Yggdrasilfrisen

Coverage

Modern
Norway

Files

9307108706_dc0c28c693_o.jpg

Geolocation

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