An Oak. View of the Garden at Wörlitz near Dessau 1838

"An Oak. View of the Garden at Wörlitz near Dessau" is an 1838 painting by J.C. Dahl, depicting a large oak tree in the Wörlitz Garden, a landscape garden near Dessau, Germany. The painting captures the majesty of the oak with its gnarled branches and dense foliage. The artist, Johan Christian Dahl, was a Norwegian landscape painter known for his romantic and detailed depictions of nature. The painting is now part of the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst in Denmark. This romantic landscape painting is a testament to Dahl's keen observation of nature, and exemplifies the romantic period's fascination with the sublime and the power of nature.