Eline Eriksen (1881–1963), born Eline Vilhelmine Møller, was the wife (since 1900) of

Edvard Eriksen Edvard Eriksen (10 March 1876 – 12 January 1959) was a Danish–Icelandic sculptor. Biography He apprenticed as a wood carver, after which he trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts between 1894 and 1899. Eriksen's most famous work ...

and the

model A model is an informative representation of an object, person, or system. The term originally denoted the plans of a building in late 16th-century English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin , . Models can be divided in ...

for the body of the ''Little Mermaid'' statue in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...

, Denmark. The face of that statue was modeled after ballerina

Ellen Price Ellen Juliette Collin Price de Plane (21June 18784March 1968), better known as Ellen Price, was a Danish ballerina and actress, and a model for the statue ''The Little Mermaid (statue), The Little Mermaid'' in Copenhagen. Price was born in Snekk ...

. Before this Eriksen had stood model for several of her husband's statues, such as ''The First Grief'' and ''The Sufferer''. She is buried along with her husband at Copenhagen's

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Eriksen, Eline Danish female models Danish artists' models 1881 births 1963 deaths