I don't remember how I came across this image: Faestemanden dør or in English, "The Dying Betrothed" which I found... intriguing.
Who was the artist? A woman named who later in life adopted the name Agnes Slott-Møller. But there is a story. Maria Laterza runs the page Tutt'Art@, (A meeting place for artists) and wrote a biographical sketch of Angess Slott-Møller.
(I've corrected the pronouns -- Laterza writes in Italian.
Agnes Slott-Møller was a very independent artist who maintained her youth Symbolist approach work, even when it was no longer fashionable. Her strong national interests meant that she was a board member of Sønderjysk (South Jutlandic) Society in 1915. As a matter of fact, her painting "Fædrelandets vår" ("The Spring of the Fatherland") was presented to Christian X and Queen Alexandrine at the reunification festivities in North Schleswig in 1920, and the painting has since hung in the King's study.
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