On display

Lidded urn, motif after Julius Kronberg’s painting "Nymph and Fauns" (NM 1316)

Julius Kronberg (1850 - 1921)

Artist/Maker

Manufacturer: Gustavsberg

DatesManufactured: Manufactured 1896

Material / Technique

Earthenware, painted decoration, gilt

Dimensionsh x w x d: Mått 65 x 35,5 x 20 cm

Inventory numberNMGu 3920

AcqusitionGift 2000 Kooperativa Förbundet

Other titlesTitel (sv): Lockurna, motiv efter Julius Kronbergs målning "Jaktnymf och fauner" (NM 1316) Titel (en): Lidded urn, motif after Julius Kronberg’s painting "Nymph and Fauns" (NM 1316) Etikett (sv): Vas, "Jaktnymf och fauner" Etikett (en): Vase, "Nymph and Fauns" Tidigare: Vase with motive after the painting "Nymph and Fauns" by Julius Kronberg Tidigare: Vas med motiv efter Julius Kronbergs målning "Jaktnymf och fauner" (NM 1316)

DescriptionDescription: Julius Kronberg’s painting Nymph and Fauns attracted a great deal of attention when it was exhibited at Nationalmuseum in 1876. The fauns look upon the naked female figure as a quarry, from the voyeur’s perspective. By her side is another quarry, a dead game bird. By depicting the painting on an urn 20 years later, Gustavsberg generated interest while also demonstrating that master painter Franz Meder could paint like Kronberg, who had just succeeded August Malmström as professor of figure drawing and painting at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts. The urn was cast in the same moulds as those with motifs after Boucher, but the models differ as the parts were not put together in the same way.

Exhibited

Collection

Geographical origin

Geogr. härkomst: Gustavsberg (Sweden)

MaterialPorcelain (Ceramic)

TechniqueArt industry