Tre heste på en mark 1895

canvas

charcoal drawing

possibly oil pastel

charcoal art

canvas

green background

underpainting

painting painterly

animal drawing portrait

watercolour illustration

charcoal

watercolor

"Tre heste på en mark" (Three Horses in a Field) is a painting by Danish artist M. Therkildsen (1850-1925). Created in 1895, the oil on canvas depicts a mare and foal in a field, with another horse looking on. The painting captures a moment of quiet intimacy in nature, showcasing the artist’s skilled rendering of the horses’ muscular forms and the soft green hues of the surrounding meadow. This work is a fine example of animal painting, a popular genre in the 19th century, and is now housed in the SMK - Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen, Denmark.