Johan Fredrik Höckert was a well-known Swedish artist from Jönköping known for his colorful, dramatic oil paintings depicting historical events. He is one of the most famous nineteenth-century painters in Sweden, and one of the painters most often associated with Swedish national romanticism.
Höckert studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts, and later became a professor there.
Gustav Vasa och Tomt Margit, 1860, inspired by the scenery of Dalarna
Rättvik Girl by the Fireside, 1860
Slottsbranden i Stockholm den 7 maj 1697, 1866, one of Höckert's most famous paintings
Sällskapet Idun is a Swedish association for men, founded in 1862 in Stockholm.
En skål i Idun, 1892, by Anders Zorn