Three painted panels unfold Aino’s Kalevala story from an encounter in the forest to Väinämöinen reaching for her in the water and her final departure. The carved, inscribed frame binds the changing moments into one continuous mythic object. Source: https://kokoelma.kansallisgalleria.fi/en/object/392351 (Finnish National Gallery CC0 image and metadata).

Exhibition Venue

Ateneum Art Museum

Helsinki, Finland