Some sites erroneously describe this as a self portrait of Hannah Hirsch-Pauli. Hanna Hirsch-Pauli's portrait of the Finnish sculptor Venny Soldan was accepted to the Paris Salon in 1887. The portrait is realistic and unconventional for its time because it portrayed a female artist at work (sitting on the floor with clay in her hands) rather than in proper bourgeois attire. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanna_Hirsch-Pauli) The painting was purchased in 1911 to the Gothenburg Museum of Art, where it is today. Hanna Pauli, then Hanna Hirsch, painted the portrait of her Finnish friend and fellow artist Venny Soldan, later Venny Soldan-Brofeldt 1886-1887 in France... Venny Soldan is portrayed sitting on the studio floor with bent legs outstretched, mouth open and with a radiance. It was at this time inappropriate to depict a bourgeois woman in this relaxed way, with casual dress and behavior. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Venny_Soldan-Brofeldt]