19th-Century Danish School, River Landscape With Cottage

19th-Century Danish School, River Landscape With CottageThis charming 19th century Danish School oil painting depicts a winding river view with a timber framed cottage. Nestled into dense woodland stands a rustic dweling with an ailing thatch, decrepit chimneys and a creaking barn door. An ancient tree towers above it, leaning across a bend in the mossy river. The inhabitants live off the land and use a small boat to navigate the waterway. Life is arduous despite their picturesque surroundings. During the

Robbe was fascinated with females

Ilsted was one of the leading artists of his generation and his approach is often compared with Dutch artist

400 achieved for ‘A Mother and Child’ at an auction in 1994

A sublime early 20th-century interior scene depicting a boy reading while his younger sibling plays in a cradle

This fine early 19th-century oil on canvas depicts a fishing boat moored in a European port

with an adjoining rustic barn

While the style is distinctly tonalist

The painting was created on paper and it seems that it’s been saved at some point by attaching it to board

One minor scratch

200 achieved for 'Arianna e Bacco' at auction in 1999

In May 1906

276 achieved for an oil painting in 2003