19th-Century Danish School, Idyllic Landscape With Farm

19th-Century Danish School, Idyllic Landscape With FarmThis charming late 19th century Danish oil painting depicts a picturesque rural view with a farm, wandering shepherd and trees. Akin to a classical vision of pastoral bliss, this majestic landscape celebrates the sublimity of the natural world. Inspired by the Danish Golden Age painters, such as the eminent P. C. Skovgaard (1817 1875), the artist is seeking to capture a beautified vignette of their homeland. Its finely rendered, with the trees a

George III felt it proper that his other daughters should marry first and

Various exhibitions beckoned and two of his works ended up at the South Kensington Museum (now the V&A)

striped waistcoat and black necktie - there’s perhaps a touch of Richard E Grant about him

which add depth and interest

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 21½” x 30” / 55cm x 77cmYear of creation: c

638 achieved for ‘Ung pige

Labels & Inscriptions: Framer's label on reverse

invite the intriguing stranger to supper

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 26½” x 19½” / 68cm x 50cmYear of creation: 1871

1870Condition: Overall very presentable

The painting is signed/dated in the lower right

he completed a similar landscape depicting Arrenakke Bakke in North Zealand and this is likely another view from the same area