Who painted En fåreflok. Motivet fra Faxingeskoven ved Nysø?

En fåreflok. Motivet fra Faxingeskoven ved Nysø was painted by Carlo Dalgas in 1847-01-01.

Where can I see En fåreflok. Motivet fra Faxingeskoven ved Nysø?

En fåreflok. Motivet fra Faxingeskoven ved Nysø is held by Statens Museum for Kunst.

What movement is En fåreflok. Motivet fra Faxingeskoven ved Nysø?

En fåreflok. Motivet fra Faxingeskoven ved Nysø is associated with Realism.

Artwork

En fåreflok. Motivet fra Faxingeskoven ved Nysø

Carlo Dalgas , 1847

En fåreflok. Motivet fra Faxingeskoven ved Nysø is an oil painting by the Realist artist Carlo Dalgas. It dates from 1847 and is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.

About this work

Subject & Meaning

Carlo Dalgas's 1847 oil painting presents a rural landscape centered on a flock of sheep grazing within an open field.

Carlo Dalgas's 1847 oil painting presents a rural landscape centered on a flock of sheep grazing within an open field. The composition integrates agricultural elements, specifically depicting cereal crops alongside the pasture. A solitary female figure is situated within this setting, attending to the animals or the land.

The background is defined by the dense tree line of Faxinge Forest, which frames the pastoral scene. The work functions as a literal representation of the countryside near Nysø, capturing the coexistence of livestock, cultivation, and woodland in a specific Danish locale.

Technique & Style

En fåreflok. Motivet fra Faxingeskoven ved Nysø is executed in oil paint on canvas, a standard support for mid-nineteenth-century Danish landscape painting. The work is classified as a painting and is held by the Statens Museum for Kunst.

Its canvas measures 615.0 in height by 880.0 in width, giving it a distinctly horizontal format suited to an expansive pastoral scene. The composition depicts a flock of sheep with a woman in a field of cereal, set against the Faxingeskoven forest near Nysø, integrating human, animal, and woodland motifs within a wide landscape format.

History & Provenance

En fåreflok. Motivet fra Faxingeskoven ved Nysø is an oil painting by Carlo Dalgas dated 1847. The work was created in that year, depicting a flock of sheep in the Faxinge Forest near Nysø in Denmark.

It is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst, where it remains part of the national holdings. No further details about its commission, intermediate ownership, or acquisition history are documented in the available sources.

The painting measures 615.0 by 880.0 (height by width) and is executed in oil paint on canvas.

The painting En fåreflok. Motivet fra Faxingeskogen ved Nysø, executed by Carlo Dalgas in 1847, is housed in the Statens Museum for Kunst, where it is listed as part of the museum’s permanent collection. Its dimensions measure 615 cm in height and 880 cm in width, and it is executed in oil on canvas.

The work has not been documented as having been exhibited in any public shows according to the available source information.

Overview

Carlo Dalgas's 1847 oil painting, "En fåreflok. Motivet fra Faxingeskoven ved Nysø" (A Flock of Sheep. Motif from Faxinge Forest near Nysø), captures a pastoral scene.

This work depicts a woman tending to a flock of sheep within a rural landscape, featuring a field and a distant forest. The painting is part of the collection at the Statens Museum for Kunst, offering a glimpse into mid-19th century Danish landscape and genre painting.