One more Pictor Church, Täby, 10 September

After a couple of unsuccessful attempts, I made it to the Täby church, one of the churches with best preserved paintings. This painting by Albertus Pictor is famous as it is unique and was the inspiration for Ingmar Bergman scene of the knight playing chess with death in its Seventh Seal movie.

Albertus Pictor cheesecake game with death, Täby

Bergman The Seventh Seal chess game scene. See copyright.

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The medieval Täby church dates from the mid 1200s' with possibly a wooden church. The church in stone was erected around the mid-1300s'. The vaulting was built in the 15th century to replace the wooden roof.

The paintings in the church are from Albertus Pictor and date 1480. Täby is one of the best preserved church as the paintings were never whitewashed over. 

Täby church, September 2019

Votive ship from the XVII century

The altar piece, September 2019

Abraham and Isaac going to the sacrifice (top), prophet Elisha mocked by the lads (left), Noah's shame (right).

Scouts with grape (top), danse around the golden calf (left), Israeli treck through the red sea (right).

Abraham sacrifices his son Isaac

David kils Goliath with a sword

Satan tempting Jesus to change stone in bread

Moses and the brass snake

King Solomon and his mother Bathsheba

Jonas thrown to the sea and swallowed by a whale

Jonas expelled from the whale

Bust of a prophet

Bust of a prophet

Saint Boltof and Saint Brendan