At the door of Linköping prison in 1600, Helene Schjerfbeck, 1882

History painting by helene schjerfbeck. Christina banér and her son have just learned about the execution of her husband, power adviser gustaf banér, in linköping prison. For a long time, the painting was mistakenly thought to depict kaarina maununtytärti, until the art historian juha ilvas in 1989 showed its original subject. The work belongs to the collections of the merita art foundation. Object Type: painting. Date: 1882. Dimensions: height: 131.5 cm (51.7 in); width: 99 cm (38.9 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Nordea Art Foundation Finland. Schjerfbeck, Linköpingin vankilan ovella vuonna 1600