# Milky Way \(detail\)

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hansen-frida-rd582bb570b2457/milky-way-detail-r97dda606c4cf65>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [HANSEN, Frida](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hansen-frida-rd582bb570b2457>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Tapestry

## Commentary

The Milky Way depicts a biblical subject and employs a &#34;transparent weaving&#34; technique which lends the pale figures and the veil a transparent, floating effect.

## Related artworks

- [Chair](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hansen-frida-rd582bb570b2457/chair-rfcf6e051b70efc>)
- [Eventyrslottet \(Fairytale Castle\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hansen-frida-rd582bb570b2457/eventyrslottet-fairytale-castle-ra8d6b5c0893769>)
- [Milky Way](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hansen-frida-rd582bb570b2457/milky-way-r68933a6044600b>)
- [Portiere](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hansen-frida-rd582bb570b2457/portiere-rc87cd1cff319f1>)
- [Summer Night&#39;s Dream](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hansen-frida-rd582bb570b2457/summer-nights-dream-r49578b5cc769df>)
- [Summer Night&#39;s Dream](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hansen-frida-rd582bb570b2457/summer-nights-dream-rad7abd5ae10bba>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)