This horizontal painting shows a forest scene with several dark brown, gnarled trees. The ground beneath the trees is a mix of reddish-brown dirt and green grass, with some small green ferns. The trees have thick trunks, and several of them appear to grow diagonally rather than straight up. The tree closest to us, near the left side of the painting, has a large opening in its thick trunk, and several round knots. The trees all have small, feathery green leaves, creating a canopy at the top of the painting. The area closest to us appears to be in shadow, while a section of the background on…
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View of Bregentved Forest, Sjaeeland

Frederik Sødring (Danish, 1809 - 1862)

mid 1830s

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
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.)
Culture
Danish
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Gift of Jean-Francois and Veronique Heim in memory of Philip Conisbee
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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