Urban målare (Swedish: "Urban [the] painter"), actual nameUrban Larsson, was apainter active inSweden during the 16th century.
Virtually nothing is known about the life and work of Urban målare. Traditionally, the original lost version of the paintingVädersolstavlan is attributed to him, which, today, is well known through the 1630s copy displayed inStockholm Cathedral. The painting depicts ahalo orsun dogs that appeared overStockholm in 1535, and it is often referred to as the oldest topographically correct view of the Swedish capital. As the painting is stylistically associated with theDanube school, it is possible that Urban målare trained as a painter in Germany. The paintingArvstavlan is often attributed to him.
He is known to have worked as an official court painter for KingGustav Vasa from 1526 onwards,[1] and there is documentary evidence that he sold a property in the western part of Stockholm sometime between 1533 and 1538. (Urban Målare uplåter et steenhuus wästantill).[2]
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