Focus on The Death of Balder and explain the abstract.
The Death of Balder (Danish: Balders Død) is an 1817 oil-on-canvas painting by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, depicting the well-known, eponymous legend from Norse mythology in which Balder is killed by a mistletoe arrow. Eckersberg's admission painting for admission into the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts' Academy Council, it now hangs in Charlottenborg Palace on Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen.
Copenhagen Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg Balder Charlottenborg Palace Kongens Nytorv Norse mythology Danish