The Wandering Brush of the Norwegian Baroque In the quiet, storied landscapes of late seventeenth-century Norway, the name Peder Joensen resonates as a testament to the itinerant spirit of the Baroque era. A painter and contrafeyer—a specialist in the delicate art of embellishing altarpieces—Joensen’s life was defined by movement and the pursuit of craft. While much of his personal history remains shrouded in the mists of time, we kno…