Ships on a Fiord
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DatesMade: Made c. 1850
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Dimensionsh x w: Mått 51 x 67 cm h x w x d: Ram 66,7 x 83 x 5,7 cm exklusive handtag h x w x d: Ram 66,7 x 83 x 7,5 cm Inklusive
Inventory numberNM 7394
AcqusitionInventoried 2017 (Purchase 2016 Wiros Fund)
Other titlesTitle (sv): Fjord med segelfartyg, troligen Horsens fjord Title (en): Ships on a Fiord Label (sv): Havsvik med segelfartyg, förmodligen Horsensfjorden Label (en): Ships on a Bay, Possibly Horsens Fiord
DescriptionDescription: The fjord landscapes which both Vilhelm Kyhn and Thorald Læssøe painted around 1850 capture much of the elegiac mood of late Golden Age painting. The sea is dead calm, as if, in their paintings, these artists wanted to stop time and an existence in constant flux. Everything breathes a sense of peace. This has been interpreted as a desire to depict nature as imbued with spirituality, at a time when external dangers threatened the Danish nation.
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TechniquePainting
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