John Bauer Tuvstarr by the forest tarn CC1038 Magnet

John Bauer is known in Sweden for his beautiful, mysterious and evocative fairy tale illustrations. Best known is the tale of the princess Tuvstarr and Skutt the Moose. Skutt the Moose takes the princess from the castle meadow to the great forest. There she meets elves who take her crown away from her. Then a witch steals her silk dress and in the end the deep tarn takes her golden heart. Skutt the Moose begs and pleads for her to follow him away from there, but the princess remains by the water, looking wistfully for her heart. John Bauer, Ännu sitter Tuvstarr kvar och ser ner i vattnet (Tuvstarr is still sitting there wistfully looking into the water). Illustration for Bland tomtar och troll (Among gnomes and trolls),1913.