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Peter Laurentius Larsen (1833-1915), (painting). Artist:  Gausta, Herbjorn, 1854/55-1924, painter. Title:  Peter Laurentius Larsen (1833-1915), (painting). Dates:  1885. Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  Sight: 35 5/8 x 53 5/8 in. (89 x 134 cm). Inscription:  (On front, upper right:) H. Gausta 1885 signed Description:  Waist-length portrait of Peter Laurentius Larsen. He is seated with his proper right arm leaning on a table. There is a bookcase with books behind him. He wears eyeglasses. Subject:  Portrait male -- Larsen, Peter Laurentius -- Waist length Occupation -- Education -- University President Occupation -- Education -- University Founder Occupation -- Education -- Teacher Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy Ethnic -- Norwegian Dress -- Accessory -- Eye wear Object -- Written Matter -- Book Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Luther College, Fine Arts Collection, 700 College Drive, Decorah, Iowa 52101 Accession Number: 044 Remarks:  Peter Laurentius Larsen (1833-1915), a native of Norway, was a founder and first president of Luther College, 1861-1911. He was a professor of theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis and a pastor at Half Way Creek, Wisconsin, where the first Luther College classes were held. References:  National Society of the Colonial Dames of America. Iowa, "Portraits in Iowa: Portraits of Americans, made before 1900 and now located in Iowa," [s.l.] : National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Iowa, 1975, pg. 82. Luther College, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 84150198   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 84150198 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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