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Description

The engraving shows a smiling woman with a necklace. One of her breasts is exposed.

In the bottom right corner there is the signature of en:Jenny Nyström (1854-1946), the illustrator. In the bottom left corner there is the signature of en:Gunnar Forssell (1859-1903), the xylographer.

The image list on page 468 in the book describes this image as "Freya-Menglad", i.e. en:Freyja-en:Menglöð, i.e. they are taken to be the same entity.
Date Published in 1893.
Source

The image is found on page 51 of en:Fredrik Sander's 1893 edition of the en:Poetic Edda; Edda Sämund den vises : skaldeverk af fornnordiska myt- och hjältesånger om de götiska eller germaniska folkens gamla gudatro, sagominnen och vandringar / öfversättning från isländskan af Fredrik Sander ; med bilder af nordiska konstnärer. Stockholm, Norstedt.

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Author
Jenny Nyström  (1854–1946)  wikidata:Q3100592
 
Jenny Nyström
Alternative names
Jenny Nystrom
Description Swedish artist
Date of birth/death 13 June 1854 Edit this at Wikidata 17 January 1946 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Kalmar Edit this at Wikidata Bromma parish Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q3100592
and en:Gunnar Forssell (1859-1903) as described above.
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