Antique Swedesh Screen Printed Tapestry by Back Olof Andersson 1767-1820 very rare

 Screen Printed Tapestry, depicting  parade of nobles figures, framed and glazed

Dimensions aprox.

Frame size 33.5 x 71 cm

Good  condition, some signs of age, please see photos

ABOUT WHEN SOLOMON WAS ANOINTED KING IS 2930 FOR THE BIRTH OF CHRIST, Copy in reduced size after wall painting signed 1801 by the play sand painter Back Olof Andersson, 1767-1820, from Västeräng, Haraker sn, Västmanland. Screen printing in 6 colors. The original in the County Museum's Västerås castle

On verso label on swedish "OM NÄR SALOMO SMORDES TIL KONUNG ÄR 2930 FÖR CHRISTI FÖDELSE, Kopia i förminskad storlek efter väggmålning signerad 1801 av leksandsmålaren Back Olof Andersson, 1767-1820, från Västeräng, Haraker sn, Västmanland. Screentryck i 6 färger. Originalet i Länsmuseets Västerås slott"

Back Olof Andersson grew up and lived in relative poverty most of his life at Backgården in Ullvi. According to the church records, he was "unfinished" and walked on wooden legs. After the parents died, the younger brother Back Erik , who was also a valley painter, was the owner of the farm. In 1795 he married a woman 15 years older, the marriage was childless and the wife died in 1814. At the age of 48 he married for the second time and through his marriage came to live in Övermo and instead used the farm name Hjerp . He died in 1820 at the age of 53 of a "stroke".

Back Olof was one of the earliest valley painters and is considered the first to combine the two elements of biblical motifs and decorative rose painting. Back Olof Andersson painted both cabinets and paper wallpaper, around 80 paintings have been preserved. He signed his paintings "OAS". Back Olof was out on work hikes around Dalarna but also to Härjedalen, Hälsingland, and Västmanland. In one known case, he collaborated with another painter, namely Jufwas Anders Ersson . However, he does not seem to have painted together with his younger brother, Back Erik.

A copy of Gustav Adolf's Bible from 1618 that belonged to Back Olof has been found in Ullvi. In it he made several notes and among the illustrations drew horsemen of the kind that were characteristic of his paintings. One has also found a copy of Johann Hübner's illustrated book Two Times Two and Fifty Selected Biblical Stories, with both Back Olof's and his brother's signatures in it.