Winter Night in a Forest

Vilhelm Kyhn, 1853

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Winter Night in a Forest, 1853. Oil on canvas.

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Oil on canvas · 130.5 × 196.5 cm · SMK – National Gallery of Denmark

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Museum title: Winter Night in a Forest
Artist: Vilhelm Kyhn (Danish, 1819–1903)
Date: 1853
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 130.5 × 196.5 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 1819–1903

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