Rural Scene
by SONNE, Jørgen Valentin, Oil on canvas, 121 x 96 cm
Carrying themselves like Roman goddesses, but dressed in red and white, the peasant girls walk through a Danish summer landscape. It is evening, the cows have been milked, and the Danish countryside is looking its best. Behind the ripe golden fields the cows rest next to a barrow, and the ocean can be glimpsed in the background.
The painting encapsulates the patriotic image of Denmark prevalent in the late Golden Age of Danish art.