This enigmatic portrait study by Swedish artist Nils Forsberg (1842-1934) depicts a red-headed girl with a choker. With her face in repose, she gazes into the yonder. Do you see sadness in her eyes? Or is she holding back a smile?

Forsberg was highly regarded during his lifetime and won a gold medal at the Paris Salon for ‘The Death of a Hero’. The Nationalmuseum in Stockholm holds many of his works.

The painting is signed in the lower left, dated lower right and framed.

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Medium: Oil on wood
Overall size: 13½” x 16½” / 34cm x 42cm
Year of creation: 1909
Condition: Artwork presents well. Frame with some light wear.
Artist’s auction highlight: £22,000 achieved for an oil painting in 1995.