The sculptor Hasselberg’s Spring Snowflake in plaster is a huge success at the Paris salon in 1881. It is commissioned in marble by Nationalmuseum, and several copies are made in other materials and sizes. This work is typical of late-19th C sculpture, which often focused on emotional and mental states, represented by nude females with symbolic titles. Here, the first flower of spring, the Spring Snowflake, symbolises the young woman’s awakening.