Bleaching Linen in a Clearing

P.C. Skovgaard, 1858

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Bleaching Linen in a Clearing, 1858. Oil on canvas.

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Oil on canvas · 44.5 × 36.5 cm · SMK – National Gallery of Denmark

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Museum title: Bleaching Linen in a Clearing
Artist: P.C. Skovgaard (Danish, 1817–1875)
Date: 1858
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 44.5 × 36.5 cm
Credit line: SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
Image license: Public Domain Mark 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: SMK – National Gallery of Denmark

Artist’s life 1817–1875

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