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According to an inscription on the reverse, the present work was in the collection of Anna Silfversparre, thence by descent to her daughter Brita von Gerber née Silfversparre and then to her granddaughter Viveka von Gerber. Important American Collection

Theodor Blanchs Konstsalong, Stockholm, Sweden, "Konstnärsförbundets Utställning 1886", October - November 1886.

Ulwa Neergaard, Carl Larsson, Stockholm, 1999, vol. I, p. 81, illustrated; vol. II, p. 28, no 242, catalogued.

Carl Larsson is considered one of the greatest Swedish artists of all time. He was born in Gamla Stan in Stockholm and studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in the years 1866-76. After his studies in Stockholm, he traveled to France and settled in Grèz-sur-Loing. There he mainly painted garden motifs. In France, he met his future wife Karin Bergöö, who was also an artist and came to mean a lot for his artistry. Already during his student years, he made a living as a photo retoucher and cartoonist in the press. It was also during his studies that Larsson got to know Anders Zorn and Bruno Liljefors, together the three are usually called the ABC artists. At the end of the 1880s, Carl and Karin were given "Lilla Hyttnäs" in Sundborn outside Falun by Karin's father, and this is where Larsson's most famous watercolors depicting his family were created. The motifs often depict sunny landscapes with children, crayfish fishing, meals in the green and interior scenes. Larsson is represented, among other, in the National Museum, where "Gustav Vasas intåg i Stockholm" and "Midvinterblot" fills the stairwell. Represented mainly at the National Museum in Stockholm and at the Gothenburg Art Museum.

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