Rasmus Andersen Holm, View Across Gavnø, Zealand Making A Statement And in the distance

And in the distance

and the canvas is bumpy

It’s unclear why this was originally painted in but likely to relate to religious iconography

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An atmospheric late 19th-century oil on board depicting a meadow before several buildings and trees

Rasmus Andersen Holm, View Across Gavnø, Zealand Making A Statement And in the distanceAn easy going landscape painting depicting a view across the peaceful island of Gavn in South Zealand, Denmark. The artist, Rasmus Andersen Holm (1781 1874) has picked a beautiful spot with the large trees on the left casting their long shadows towards the foot of the image. While, further on, a scattering a timber framed buildings help to guide our eye outwards the evenings sunlit sky. The work is signed dated in the lower right. Medium Oil on canvas