The Wild Hunt of Odin is an 1872 painting by Peter Nicolai Arbo. It depicts the Wild Hunt from Scandinavian folklore and is based on a poem by Johan Sebastian Welhaven. The painting is in the collection of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Oslo.
The Wild Hunt of Odin
Peter Nicolai Arbo was a Norwegian historical painter, who specialized in portraits and allegorical scenes from Norwegian history and the Norse mythology. He is most noted for The Wild Hunt of Odin, a dramatic motif based on the Wild Hunt legend and Valkyrie, which depicts a female figure from Norse mythology.
Peter Nicolai Arbo Self Portrait (1874)
Saint Olav at the Battle of Stiklestad (1859)
Håkon the Good (1860)
King Sverre's march over the Vossefjell(1861)