The Archive · 1938

Huge Task at Swedish Castle Now Ending Twenty Years Taken to Compile Art Catalogue

Within the walls of the famous old Gripsholm Castle by Lake loren, Sweden, founded 400 years ago by King Gustaf Wasa, researches which have taken several hundred years are now being completed. This castle contains the world's largest collection of historical portraits, and in the autumn Dr. Sixten Strémbom, the art director of the castle and well-known curator, reckons upon bringing the catalogue of the collection to. completion

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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