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Forest Scene
Of all Dutch landscape painters, Koekkoek is perhaps the most Romantic. He specialized in splendid panora-mas of the valley of the Rhine and forest scenes with majestic trees, which at the time were called ‘Wodan’s Oaks’ (Wodan being the Dutch name for Odin, the major god in Norse mythology). In 1834 Koekkoek settled in Cleves in Germany, over the border from Nijmegen. He found German scenery, wit…
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/25H15
- http://iconclass.org/47I221
- http://iconclass.org/47I2211
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- Gift of C.C.A., Baron du Bois de Ferrières, Cheltenham
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/25H15
- http://iconclass.org/47I221
- http://iconclass.org/47I2211
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- Gift of C.C.A., Baron du Bois de Ferrières, Cheltenham
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1848
- 1848
Place-Time
- second quarter 19th century
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.12058
- SK-A-1546
Extent
- height 136 cm
- width 160 cm
Format
- canvas
- oil paint (paint)
- Canvas
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Year
- 1848
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:13:41.840Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:37:23.016Z