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Nymph and Fauns

1875

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The story

Shown in Stockholm in 1876, Kronberg's hunting nymph spied on by two fauns caused a sensation, and some viewers found it too sexually provocative. August Strindberg, then an art critic, hailed Kronberg as a triumphant artist, and the Nationalmuseum bought the painting that same year.

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Object details

Title: Nymph and Fauns
Artist: Julius Kronberg
Date: 1875
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Painting
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0438
Original image: 1426 × 3000 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Julius Kronberg. Nymph and Fauns. 1875. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0438/