Landscape near Bangsbo, North Jutland, With Two Figures
Martinus Rørbye
1830
Medium
Watercolor, over graphite; framing line in pen and black ink
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 3/8 x 10 1/2 in. (18.7 x 26.7 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Mary Oenslager Fund, 2012
Accession Number
2012.365
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Martinus Rørbye · 1803–1848
**Martinus Christian Wesseltoft Rørbye (1803–1848) was a Danish painter celebrated for his genre scenes, landscapes, and architectural views, emerging as a central figure in the Danish Golden Age of painting.** Born on 17 May 1803 in Drammen, Norway, to Danish parents, he moved early to Copenhagen and began studies at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1820. There he trained under Christian ...