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The Artist's Wife http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=24412&viewType=detailView

February 15, 2026 at 7:03 PM

Anders Zorn

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Mr Frans R. Heiss http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=19727&viewType=detailView

February 15, 2026 at 5:27 PM

Nationalmuseum Bot

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Landscape with Cattle http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=24353&viewType=detailView

February 15, 2026 at 4:56 PM

Carl Larsson

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Second Proposed Decoration of the Walls in the Lower Hall of the NM http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=21054&viewType=detailView

February 15, 2026 at 2:24 PM

Carl Larsson

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First Proposed Decoration of the Walls in the Lower Hall of the National Museum, Stockholm http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=25647&viewType=detailView

February 15, 2026 at 2:06 PM

Nationalmuseum Bot

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Moonlit Rapids http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=18533&viewType=detailView

February 15, 2026 at 12:58 PM

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Ellen. The Artist's Daughter http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=18767&viewType=detailView

February 15, 2026 at 12:18 PM

Carl Larsson

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My Late Wife http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=19438&viewType=detailView

February 15, 2026 at 10:29 AM

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Johan Gabriel Sack (1697-1751), friherre http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=24452&viewType=detailView

February 15, 2026 at 9:22 AM

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Maria med Jesusbarnet liggande i krubban http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=176635&viewType=detailView

Maria synes i knäbild, nästan profil vänster, iklädd skär klänning, gulbrun turban och blågrön mantel över vänster arm och axel, lutad fram över barnet, som ligger på en halmbäck i tavlans nedre vänstra parti. Maria håller den högra armen tryckt mot bröstet, med den vänstra lyfter hon upp den vita duk, i vilken barnet delvis ligger insvept. Mörk bakgrund.

February 14, 2026 at 7:10 PM

Guido Reni

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The Flight into Egypt http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=17090&viewType=detailView

Kopia Originalet tidigare i Samling Colonna, Rom

February 14, 2026 at 4:29 PM

Nationalmuseum Bot

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Okänd man http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=25257&viewType=detailView

February 14, 2026 at 3:41 PM

Auguste Rodin

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Balzac, Penultimate Study for the Head http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=28232&viewType=detailView

February 14, 2026 at 3:30 PM

Carl Larsson

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Getting Ready for a Game http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=18965&viewType=detailView

"It's really terrible outdoors. The wind is whistling through the joints of the house and the snow is not snow but sharp needles that get into the corners of one's eyes… Just the right time for a game of "vira". Here is the tray full of comforting drinks and all the necessaries and Karin is still not finished with the final decorations which include the monastery liqueur which she is taking off the shelf. In the background is the altar itself, the card table that I have arranged myself." Carl Larsson's own description of his painting Getting Reduy for a Game in the book entitled Larssons which was published by Bonniers in 1902. The "vira" that Carl Larsson mentioned was an enormously popular card game invented in Sweden sometime in the 19th century. When the picture was painted the Larsson family had settled permanently at their summer residence at Sundborn in the hills of Dalarna. In his autobiography Carl Larsson writes that it was his wife, Karin, who gave him the idea of portraying their home in pictures. Books about the Larsson home in Sundborn sold in huge editions and the pictures spread in innumerable reproductions. Few homes throughout the world have received as much publicity. For many people, Sundborn is the quintessence of all things Swedish though, in point of fact, the Larssons had a very international taste in furnishing. The first of the Sundborn watercolours were shown at the Stockholm Exhibition of 1897. Ellen Key, the pioneering author and feminist, saw them at the exhibition and wrote an article on Beauty in the home that was published in the magazine Idun. Ellen Key wanted to create opinion against the "Germanic" style of furnishing which was usual at the time in Sweden. This consisted of dark wallpapers, heavy drapes and curtains, velvet-covered sofas and chairs and dried flowers. In Carl Larsson's watercolours she found something that could replace this. Both Ellen Key and the Karin and Carl Larsson had been inspired by John Ruskin's ideas about a more beautiful world beyond that of the mass-produced items of the factories. In Ruskin's view, beauty must collaborate with function and the task of art and architecture was a moral one in that they created the necessary conditions for spiritual health, energy and joy. Ruskin's theory about the importance of beauty in everyday life was taken up by William Morris in the field of crafts. Morris started the Arts and Crafts Movement that sought to bring new life to the traditional crafts s an alternative to industrial products. The ideas of the movement were spread by a highly influential magazine called The Studio which the Larssons subscribed to. The famous home at Sundborn was created jointly by Karin and Carl Larsson. Carl took an active part in the public life of the art world while Karin's contribution remained unrecognized right up to the 1980s. In fact Karin Larsson had received a thorough artistic training. She attended both what is now the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm – better known as Konstfack and the Academy of Fine Arts. She met Carl in Paris while he was studying there. After their marriage she gave birth to seven children in rapid succession. And so family life and managing the household took up her time and her professional life retired into the background. Karin never ceased to be creative but channelled this energy into furnishing Sundborn, for example. The home at Sundborn became her life work. For the house constantly changed in character to suit the shifting needs of the family.

February 14, 2026 at 1:59 PM

Nationalmuseum Bot

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Overcast Weather. Study from North Norway http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=21435&viewType=detailView

February 14, 2026 at 12:55 PM

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Landskap med figurer (framställning av mirakel?) http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=28516&viewType=detailView

February 14, 2026 at 11:57 AM

Anders Zorn

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The Little Brewery http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=23924&viewType=detailView

In this interior from a brewery, women workers are bottling beer and corking the filled bottles. In the background, a supervisor is watching over their work. Women factory workers were not a new phenomenon in the era of Swedish industrialisation. Their work could be both heavy and hazardous, but Zorn’s painting can hardly be interpreted as social criticism. On the contrary, he seems to have been mostly interested in capturing the light, the humidity and their concentration as they worked.

February 14, 2026 at 9:49 AM

Nationalmuseum Bot

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Falcon Hunt http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=17080&viewType=detailView

February 14, 2026 at 9:42 AM

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View of Egmond aan Zee http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=17621&viewType=detailView

Landscape paintings were sought-after by the art-loving bourgeoisie in seventeenth-century Holland. Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael became one of the most successful painters in this area. In this view over the town Egmont he applied himself to an advanced depiction of the play of light and shadow. The town lies under the shadow of clouds, but with some effort one can make out a wealth of detail. The light in the painting is concentrated to a small area in the foreground, as if to alert us to the figures by the roadside.

February 13, 2026 at 7:39 PM

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Motif from Timmermansgatan http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=18705&viewType=detailView

February 13, 2026 at 3:55 PM

Carl Larsson

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Brita's Forty Winks. From A Home (26 watercolours) http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=24216&viewType=detailView

This ideal was also propagated by others, including Ellen Key, who advocated homes that were in a new and light style, in her essay “Skönhet för alla” (Beauty for All) in 1899. The Larssons moved to Lilla Hyttnäs, a house in Sundborn, in the summer of 1889. Here, Carl and Karin together created the interiors that made their home famous. Karin designed the furniture and textiles, which she embroidered and wove. A studio was fitted up in one of the hallways. It features many eye-catching details, including the funny man crowning a column. When a larger studio extension was added, this room became a workshop for the whole family. The interiors of the Larsson home were characterised by rural simplicity. Nevertheless, every detail was carefully designed, with influences from England, Scotland and Japan. The kitchen, which was first and foremost a place for household chores, did not display the same modern interior style and comfort as the rest of the house.

February 13, 2026 at 3:12 PM

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February 13, 2026 at 2:11 PM