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The image shows a woman seated next to the naked body of a man lying on a white sheet. Around them are scattered bones and red boulders in a deserted landscape. It is a painting of a scene from Finnish mythology by Finnish painter Akseli Gallen-Kallela.

Akseli Gallen-Kallela: Lemminkäinen’s Mother. Photo: Hannu Pakarinen / Finnish National Gallery

Akseli Gallen-Kallela: Lemminkäinen’s Mother, 1897. Finnish National Gallery / Ateneum Art Museum, coll. Antell. Photo: Hannu Pakarinen / Finnish National Gallery Finnish: Akseli Gallen-Kallela: Lemminkäisen äiti, 1897. Kansallisgalleria / Ateneumin taidemuseo, kok. Antell. Kuva: Hannu Pakarinen / Kansallisgalleria Swedish: Akseli Gallen-Kallela: Lemminkäinens moder, 1897. Finlands Nationalgalleri / Konstmuseet Ateneum, saml. Antell. Foto: Hannu Pakarinen / Finlands Nationalgalleri
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Photographer:Hannu Pakarinen / Finnish National Gallery
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