When the Nightingale sings by Nop Briex

About "When the Nightingale sings"

by Nop Briex

About the artwork

Wouwse Plantage is a town in North Brabant named after estate and forestry park Wouwse Plantage.

Originally, oaks and beeches were planted on the higher parts, and alders on the lower, moister parts. In the 18th century, beech and grove pine forests were planted. In the second half of the 18th century, the Grote Houwer, formerly a pond, was added to the plantation, and shifting sands were forested in a westerly direction. Scots pine was planted on these extensions. The 19th-century private owners transformed the area around Plantation Centre in landscape style. Still existing ponds (Mosven, Bergsven) were transformed into forest ponds, rhododendrons and other shrubs were planted. The so-called Woeste Gedeelte was planted and is now an old mixed forest. Here the relief is up to 20 metres high. The Borgvliet Dunes, to the west of the estate, are still partly a shifting sand area.

Breeding birds include: nuthatch, woodlark, green woodpecker, shelduck, little grebe, little grebe, sparrowhawk, long-eared owl, nightjar, crossbill, black woodpecker, great spotted woodpecker, lesser spotted woodpecker, siskin and warbler.

This work is by Gerard van der HEIJDEN (Ravenstein 1864 - Sint-Oedenrode 1939) and concerns a pastel on paper. Originally oval-shaped, it is classically framed and belongs to private ownership. A beautiful, tranquil work of art that is never boring and timeless.