Explore the Reception of this artwork, Mermaid (Jerichau-Baumann).
Baumann's mermaid painting was poorly received by contemporary art critics. Lucie Ingemann, the widow of B.S. Ingemann and herself a painter, expressed her strong fascination with the gaze of Jerichau-Baumann's mermaids.
Lucie Ingemann B.S. Ingemann mermaid