The modernity of After the Sitting made a big impression on contemporary Swedish art critics but they were also shocked by the half-clothed model and the relentless daylight coming in from the studio skylights. The painting depicts an everyday event of an artist's reality as faithfully as possible. (https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/asset/after-the-sitting/JAGSijHVbvQVhQ?hl=en)