Painted wooden ceiling, Dädesjö Old Church, Småland, Sweden, (1928). Circular medallions depicting scenes from the Christmas evangelium telling the story of the birth of Christ 'like a kind of historical comic'. 'About of a painted wooden , Symbol of the Evangelist (Matthew) and a scene out of the life of Mary; below, the three Magi'. After E. Wrangel, O Rydbeck. Plate LXVIII, fig 145, from "An Encyclopaedia of Colour Decoration from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the XIXth Century" with explanatory text by Helmuth Bossert. [Ernst Wasm


Painted wooden ceiling, Dädesjö Old Church, Småland, Sweden, (1928). Circular medallions depicting scenes from the Christmas evangelium telling the story of the birth of Christ 'like a kind of historical comic'. 'About of a painted wooden , Symbol of the Evangelist (Matthew) and a scene out of the life of Mary; below, the three Magi'. After E. Wrangel, O Rydbeck. Plate LXVIII, fig 145, from "An Encyclopaedia of Colour Decoration from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the XIXth Century" with explanatory text by Helmuth Bossert. [Ernst Wasmuth Ltd., Berlin, 1928]


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