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In Danish
Tolv lil fjorten lange Baade, af Form som Gondoler, laae allerede trukket op paa den flade Strandbred, der her er oversaaet med store Steen; disse selv tjente de Landstigende til Bro; hen til disse lagde Baadene, og Folkene klattrede, gik og bar hinanden gjensidig iland. Der stode vist henved tusinde Mennesker paa Strandbredden, og langt ude paa Søen kom en ti å tolv Baade endnu, nogle paa sexten Aarer, andre paa tyve, ja fire og tyve, roede af Mandfolk og Fruentimmer, og hver Baad pyntet med grønne Grene. Disse og de brogede klædninger gav det Hele noget saa festligt, saa phantastisk right, som man ikke skulde troe Norden eier det. Baadene kom nærmere, alle propfulde af Mennesker; men stille, uden Støj og Tale kom de og balancerede op til SkovskraMiten; Baadene blev trukne op paa Sandet; det var til at male, især eet Punkt, nemlig Veien op ad Skovskrænten, hvor den hele Skare bevæger sig mellem Træer og Buske. Ved Kirken formentes paa en saadan Dag at være over femtusinde Mennesker samlede; » Maler, tag Skizzebog og Farver, drag op i Dalarne, Billed ved Billed vil aabenbare sig for dig. «

In English
"Twelve or fourteen long boats, shaped as gondolas, were already drawn up on the flat shore, which was dotted with large boulders; these served the arrivers as a bridge; the boats berthed at them, and the people climbed, walked and carried each other ashore. There must have been around one thousand people on the shore, and far out on the lake came another ten to twelve boats, some with sixteen oars, others with twenty, or even twenty-four, rowed by men and women, and each boat decorated with green branches.These and the colourful garments made it all so festive, so fantastically rich, that one would not have thought the North owned it. The boats came closer, all packed with people; but quiet, without any noise or speech, did they come and balance up to the forest slope; the boats were pulled up on the sand; it was something to paint, especially one point, namely the road up the forest slope where the whole crowd moves up between trees and bushes. On such a day more than five thousand people gather at the church; "Painter, take Sketchbook and Colours, go up in the valleys, Picture after Picture will reveal itself to you." '

• A Street Scene in the Dog Days (1932)
• Italian Osteria Scene, Girl welcoming a Person entering (1847)
• Church-Goers Arriving by Boat at the Parish Church of Leksand on Siljan Lake (1853)

• Nicolai Jacob Marstrand (father)
• Troels Marstrand (brother)
• Jacob Marstrand