This remarkable 17″ x 54″ oil and watercolor on paper, laid to textile and mounted to Upson board work is signed and dated J Hernborg 33 lower right. Painted in the Bonad tradition dating back to the 1600s (and earlier), the 2 scenes depicted relate to Christmas: The adoration of the Magi and the Flight into Egypt. It includes lots of fraktur text describing the scenes and even has decorative end borders that have been folded over on the back. The work is very colorful, stable and detailed under a shiny coat of yellowed varnish (with age crazing). There is a vertical loss (from fold or crease) on the wise mans horse. The item “Antique Swedish Bonad Painting Christmas Signed Dated Kurbitz Dala Folk Art OLD” is in sale since Monday, September 11, 2017. This item is in the category “Art\Paintings”. The seller is “hank503″ and is located in Huntington, Indiana. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Jamaica, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion.
- Style: Outsider Art
- Medium: Oil
- Date of Creation: Unknown
- Originality: Original
- Size: Large (up to 60in.)
- Region of Origin: Europe
- Subject: Religious
- Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
- Year: 1833
- Artist: Hernborg
- Quantity Type: Single-Piece Work