Magnus Berg

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Painting by Magnus Berg in Rosenborg Castle
Ivory relief Ecce Homo in the Vienna Treasury

Magnus Berg (born November 28, 1666 in Romsdal , Norway , † March 31, 1739 ) was a Norwegian painter and ivory carver .

In 1690, he came at the invitation of the Danish King Christian V of Denmark . This promoted his activity as a painter and enabled him to stay in Paris and Rome in the years 1694–1698. A year later he returned to Denmark, where he could live in the Palace of Frederiksborg and also received a royal salary.

Berg was not outstanding as a painter, he was only famous in Europe for his ivory work.

Works by him can still be seen today in the royal Danish collection in Rosenborg Castle .

literature

  • Lorentz Dietrichson: The Norse Elfenbensskjaerer Magnus Berg . Gyldendal, Kristiania 1912.
  • Åshild Paulsen: Magnus Berg (1666–1739) En kunstner ved kongens hoff. The Ivory Sculptor at the Danish / Norwegian Court. His Life and Works. With an English Summary . Dreyer, Oslo 1989, ISBN 82-09-10580-9 .
  • R Stien: Magnus Berg - the sculptor with the "strong trembling hands". A contribution to the history of essential tremor . In: Tidsskrift Nor Laegeforen . tape 117 , 1997, ISSN  0029-2001 , pp. 4415-4417 .

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personal data
SURNAME Berg, Magnus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian painter and ivory carver
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1666
PLACE OF BIRTH Romsdal, Norway
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 1739