![Albert Edelfelt - La Laitière [1889]](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7137/26481941854_a7a3d37402_b.jpg)
Painted in 1889, La laitière is breathtaking in its atmospheric evocation of archipelago life in Haiko during the Nordic summer. Situated east of Helsinki near Porvoo, this was Edelfelt’s home region where he regularly returned for inspiration, keeping a summer house there long after his move to Paris. Apparently unseen in public since the Helsinki exhibition in 1892, the present work was until now known only from a black-and-white photograph taken at that time.
[Sotheby’s, London - Oil on canvas, 73.5 x 60.5 cm]