# Rural Scene [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [SONNE, Jørgen Valentin]() - Date: 1801-1850 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 121 x 96 cm ## Commentary Carrying themselves like Roman goddesses, but dressed in red and white, the peasant girls walk through a Danish summer landscape. It is evening, the cows have been milked, and the Danish countryside is looking its best. Behind the ripe golden fields the cows rest next to a barrow, and the ocean can be glimpsed in the background. The painting encapsulates the patriotic image of Denmark prevalent in the late Golden Age of Danish art. ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()