View of Bregentved Forest, Sjaeeland
mid 1830s
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 40.6 x 67 cm (16 x 26 3/8 in.) framed: 52.71 × 78.11 × 4.76 cm (20 3/4 × 30 3/4 × 1 7/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Jean-Francois and Veronique Heim in memory of Philip Conisbee
Accession Number
2008.98.1
Art Historical Context
Frederik Sødring's *View of Bregentved, Sjaeeland*, painted in the mid-1830s, captures the serene beauty of Denmark's Zealand countryside in oil on canvas. Measuring 40.6 x 67 cm, this intimate landscape exemplifies the Danish Golden Age, a flourishing period of national art from around 1800 to 1850, when painters turned to realistic depictions of their homeland amid growing cultural pride and Romantic influences. Sødring, a prominent figure in this movement, trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and traveled extensively, honing his skill in luminous, atmospheric landscapes. Here, ...