Original version of the aino triptych. Gallen-kallela is written to have been unsatisfied with how the french models didn't look finnish, so in the final and famous 1891 version his wife acted as the model. Object Type: painting. Genre: mythological painting. Date: 1889. Dimensions: height: 157.7 cm (62 in); width: 314.7 cm (10.3 ft). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Väinämöinen, Aino. Collection: Bank of Finland. Akseli Gallen-Kallela - Aino Triptych (1889)