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Frédérik Rohde (Copenhagen, 1816 – Copenhagen, 1886)
The Young Farmer’s Rest
Oil on paper laid down on panel
H. 23.5 cm; W. 33 cm
Monogrammed lower left
Frédérik Rohde trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen between 1830 and 1834, under the history painter Johan Ludwig Lund and the landscape painters Christen Købke and Johan Thomas Lundbye Büntzen. He would himself specialize in landscape painting, extending the spirit of the Danish Golden Age; he exhibited at the Exposition Universelle of 1855 in Paris and counted Vilhelm Hammershøi among his pupils.
Rohde made his first journey to Germany in 1842 and was based in Munich until 1847. During this period, he also traveled to Switzerland and Italy, painting views of the great Italian lakes, mainly Como and Garda.
Alongside numerous snow landscapes, the core of his work consists of views of Italy, a country he would revisit regularly until the end of his life.
However, his native land also remained a recurring subject, with depictions of winter landscapes and traditional Danish rural life. Here, he offers an almost photographic scene, with a young boy proudly posing beside his cart, in front of whitewashed, thatched buildings typical of Danish farms.
