This view of little belt shows the town of middelfart in the center and in the distance to the left the town of fredericia in jutland. From the museum's description: the paintings view across lillebælt from hindsgavl on funen and view across lillebælt from a hill near middelfart are of the same size and were conceived as companion pieces. They both take their motifs from the funen grounds of the mansion of hindsgavl, close to juel’s birthplace of gamborg. And in one sense both are about masters and servants. It is assumed that the pictures were commissioned by the owner of hindsgavl, christian holger adeler, about 1799, but that juel simply never managed to finish them. Object Type: painting. Date: circa 1800. Dimensions: height: 42.3 cm (16.6 in); width: 62.5 cm (24.6 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Thorvaldsen Museum. Jens Juel - View over the Lesser Belt - WGA12066
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