the portrait medallions are the genial countenance of Kell-
gren and the figure of Bellman, the wine-god of the North,
with vine leaves in his hair. In his pen sketches Sergel has
shown us the more intimate sides of the poet Bellman, in
his morning-after mood, and he has also made many draw-
ings of himself and his noted friends, the admirer of the
antique Karl August Ehrensvärd, the Dane Abildgaard,
and many others who frequented the artist's hospitable
home. In general, his sketches and washes, at times gro-
tesque, but always executed with a marvelous sense of the
picturesque, constitute a very valuable complement to his
productions as a sculptor. Sergel died on the 26th of Feb-
ruary, 1814. Active at a time when pedantic imitation of
the antique began to be considered as the highest art, he
succeeded, thanks to his strong, healthy, and sensuous nature,
in developing his personality so that he stands out as the
foremost artist our country has possessed, and occupies an
uncontested place of rank in the European art of his time.

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