Girl's Face, from Spring Fresco of Jusélius Mausoleum

Prints and Drawings

1905

Axeli Gallen-Kallela
Finnish, 1865-1931

In 1901–03 Fritz Arthur Jusélius had an elaborately decorated Gothic Revival mausoleum built as a final resting place for his daughter, who had died from tuberculosis at the age of 11. The interior frescoes of the seasons were done by Symbolist artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela, but they were destroyed in a 1931 fire. Some preparatory sketches survive, however, in addition to this luminous mezzotint of a hopeful young girl, her eyes raised heavenward.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Axeli Gallen-Kallela
Title: Girl's Face, from Spring Fresco of Jusélius Mausoleum
Place: Finland (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1905
Medium: Mezzotint in black on cream wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 18 × 13.8 cm (7 1/8 × 5 7/16 in.); Plate: 18.4 × 14.3 cm (7 1/4 × 5 11/16 in.); Sheet: 35 × 22.5 cm (13 13/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line: The Avery Fund
Reference Number: 1924.124
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