A burial mound from ancient times by Raklev on Refsnæs
Johan Lundbye · 1839
Why it's great
An ancient burial mound sits in a field by the sea, with a big sky above. Johan Thomas Lundbye, a Danish Golden Age painter, loved to paint old monuments in the countryside. He died young at 29. It's a quiet, thoughtful picture of history in the landscape.
Where to see it
📍 Thorvaldsen MuseumCopenhagen, Denmark
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Johan Thomas Lundbye was a Danish painter born in Kalundborg in 1818. He painted fields, animals and old monuments of the Danish countryside. He died young, at 29, in 1848, during the first Schleswig War.
