En læge ved sygesengen 1840

"En læge ved sygesengen" (A Doctor by the Sickbed) is an oil painting created by Julius Friedlænder in 1840. It depicts a doctor attending to a patient in a darkened room, with a woman and young girl observing. The painting is considered a genre scene that captured the realities of daily life in the 19th century, particularly the solemnity of illness and the role of doctors in society. The composition is intimate and slightly melancholic, capturing the tension of the situation. The painting is housed at the SMK - Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen.