{"product_id":"malmstrom","title":"Dancing Fairies (Älvalek), by August Malmström (1866)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eÄlvalek\u003c\/em\u003e — Dancing Fairies — painted by the Swedish artist August Malmström in 1866. Under a rising moon, a ring of elves sweeps hand in hand across a still river meadow, one bending to the water to catch her own reflection. The mist becomes elves and the elves become mist — the painting reads either as a romantic moonlit landscape or as a vision of Norse folklore, depending on how you look.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe álfar — elves — run back through the Eddas to the oldest layers of Norse belief, surviving in Scandinavian folklore as the huldufólk, the hidden people: beautiful young women living wild in the hills, woods, and stone mounds. In Romantic art they appear fair-haired and white-clad, lovely but dangerous when offended. Malmström drew on exactly that tradition, and Älvalek became his most famous work. The original oil-on-canvas was owned by King Carl XV until 1872 and now hangs in the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm. A museum-grade reproduction on gallery canvas, hand-stretched and ready to hang.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.25\" (3.18 cm) thick poly-cotton blend canvas — 10.15 oz\/yd² (344 g\/m²) — Fade-resistant — Hand-stretched over solid wood stretcher bars — Mounting brackets included — Sourced from the US, Canada, Europe, UK, or Australia\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ragnarok Jewelry \u0026 Apparel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47992301945006,"sku":"8433571_19330","price":179.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/1116\/6638\/files\/Dancing-Fairies-Alvalek-by-August-Malmstrom-1866.jpg?v=1781680711","url":"https:\/\/www.ragnarokjewelry.com\/products\/malmstrom","provider":"Ragnarok Jewelry \u0026 Apparel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}