...Ancher’s many portraits of women constitute a large, but overlooked group of motifs in his oeuvre. As motifs, Ancher’s depictions of women differ from his images of fishermen, but just as he paid tribute to the heroic fishermen in monumental works, he also created a monument for a particular woman: his wife, Anna Ancher, whom he portrayed in life-size formats. In the series of the many other studies of women in his works, we can see traces of something different and new. Here, the artist cultivates both the character portrait, the intimate, private and introverted as well as a lighter palette than he is known for in his fishermen pictures. (https://skagenskunstmuseer.dk/en/exhibitions/michael-ancher/)