Originally written as a ballet, Denmark's Hans Christian Andersen gave us
Den Lille Havfrue, "The Little Seawoman;" ~
KnyazevSergey, from the village of Fedoskino, responds with The Little
Mermaid, a masterwork of Russian lacquer art employing oil paint on papier-mâché with mother-of-pearl inlays, gold and silver metal leaf inlays, silver powder, and gold paint. (
Suggested by ~BriannaAngelakis and Featured by
`SRaffa )