Peter Nicolai Arbo

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Peter Nicolai Arbo, self portrait 1874.

Peter Nicolai Arbo (1831–1892) was a Norwegian painter, who specialized in painting historical motifs and images from Norse mythology.

His most famous paintings are Åsgårdsreien (1872) and Valkyrien (1865). He actually made two very similar valkyrie paintings.

For more detailed information about P. N. Arbo's life and his professional career, see [link] (norwegian text)

Gallery

Image:Aasgaardreien peter nicolai arbo mindre.jpg|The Wild Hunt of Odin (Åsgårdsreien), 1872 Image:Valkyrie by Arbo.jpg|Valkyrie (Valkyrien), 1865 Image:Gizur and the Huns.jpg| Image:Stiklestad.jpg| Image:Peter-nicolai-arbo-hervor.jpg| Image:Fornalder, peter nicolai arbo.jpg| Image:Ingeborg, peter nicolai arbo.jpg| Image:Peter nicolai arbo, olaf tryggvasson king.jpg| Image:Hakon the good, by peter nicolai arbo.jpg|Håkon the Good (1860) Image:Stamford by Peter Nicolai Arbo.jpg| Image:Nott painting.jpg| Image:Dagr by Arbo.jpg| Image:Sverrir_by_Arbo.jpg

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