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Painting of a sunlit wood with birch trunks, a gnarled tree on the right, and a grassy slope in the foreground.

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Study of a Wood, August Cappelen (1848), National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design. Via artnap.com

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A small oil study shows a sunlit wooded slope with pale birch trunks on the left and a gnarled, twisting tree trunk on the right. Green grass covers the foreground while dappled light filters through layered foliage into the shaded background. Study of a Wood by August Cappelen, dated 1848, is held by the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.

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