A framed oil on canvas of the coastline, beach and cliff in front of the Nakkehoved lighthouse in Denmark.

The painting is monogramed in the bottom left hand corner, with the title Nakkehoved Fyr.

The frame dimensions:

Width: 112 cm.

Height:  85.5 cm.

Nakkehoved Lighthouse (Danish: Nakkehoved Fyr) was originally the name for two individual lighthouses above the namesake Nakkehoved cliffs, between Gilleleje and Hornbæk, approximately 40 km north of Copenhagen, in Denmark.

The lighthouse marks the entrance to the Kattegat sea, and parallels the Kullen Lighthouse in Sweden on the other side of the Øresund strait.

The lighthouse stands on top of the Fyrbakkerne, which rises 33 m above the water, the cliffs provide habitat for many birds and 135 bird species have been observed, the area is considered an ornithological observation place and is protected as an EU habitat area.

The tower is 21 meters tall and can be seen from 25 nautical miles away in clear weather.

The lighthouse was built in 1770, at end of the 18th century, only three lighthouses in Skagen, Anholt, and Kullen guided the shipping route through the Kattegat sea, two towers were proposed instead of one so that sailors could differentiate them from the lighthouse in Kullen. A royal resolution on the10th of December 1770 ordered their construction on the Nakkehoved cliffs, they were designed by the architect G.D. Anthon and built at the king’s expense.