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1 fine art paintings, drawings and prints auction 6-17 september 2007 preview wednesday 29 august 3 pm - 6 pm thursday 30 august 10 am - 5 pm friday 31 august 10 am - 5 pm saturday 1 september 11 am - 4 pm sunday 2 september 11 am - 4 pm monday 3 september 10 am - 5 pm Bredgade 33 DK-1260 Copenhagen K Tel Fax bredgade@bruun-rasmussen.dk

2 fine art days of sale please note the sale does not start before thursday 6 september thursday friday monday tuesday 6 september 1 pm jewellery and watches silver 7 september 1 pm ceramics, glass and oriental works of art antiquity 10 september 1 pm clocks and furniture 11 september 1 pm furniture and bronzes wednesday 12 september thursday 6 pm selected paintings september 1 pm old master paintings friday 14 september 1 pm paintings, icons, drawings and prints the Johan Rohde Collection auction 776 monday 17 september 1 pm oriental carpets

3 Welcome to the international auction 776 at Bruun Rasmussen Old masters and 19th century painting In consequence of the rising internationalisation of the auction market, Bruun Rasmussen s latest catalogue was issued in English. This initiative was very well received, and therefore the catalogues of traditional paintings, antiques and decorative art will also be published in English now. Please note, however, that all texts will be available in Danish at Furthermore, as always our staff is ready to answer questions within the daily opening hours of the house. The atmosphere of Italy The auction will commence with a number of interesting landscapes, seascapes and portraits from the Skagen area of Denmark. From the northern light of Skagen we go south to enjoy the atmosphere of Italy. Like countless times before, Bruun Rasmussen has reserved a section of this auction for a specific theme, and in this instance the theme is Italy. One cannot overestimate Italy s immense significance for Danish art in the 19th century. A vast majority of Danish artists would travel to Italy at least once in a lifetime many of them packing a gold medal from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. They mostly visited Northern Italy, Rome and the districts surrounding Naples and Capri where they became part of the international community of artists. To the many Scandinavian artists in Rome in the first part of the 19th century, this city s uncrowned king of the artists, i.e. Bertel Thorvaldsen, was a figure of tremendous importance as a source of inspiration and as a natural centre of artistic exchanges as well social activities. The Italians were also very important to the visiting artists, although they primarily served as models for romantic genre pieces in which they were bestowed an immediacy and originality that fell in well with the Romanticist view of the world. The auction presents an opportunity to take a pleasurable walk through an abundance of Italian ambiences. The Johan Rohde collection The Danish artist, designer and art critic, Johan Rohde, was a crucial figure in the Danish art world around the year His son, art historian H.P. Rohde, also made lasting contributions to the history of Danish art. The latter died in 2005, and the present auction includes several important works by Johan Rohde from H.P. Rohde s collection. Read more on page 56. The L.P. Larsen collection A major inheritance allowed Lauritz Poul Larsen to build a fine collection of Danish paintings a collection that comprised all the painters of the golden age in Danish art. His collection is mentioned in Kunst I Privat Eje (vol. 1), 1944: The collection belonging to L.P. Larsen ( ) is characteristic of the collections that were formed around the turn of the century [around 1900] and reflected a true understanding of Danish painting in the 19th century. A part of this unique collection is now for sale. We hope you will enjoy the catalogue!

4 malerier følgende dage sælges bemærk venligst at auktionen først starter torsdag 6 september torsdag fredag mandag tirsdag onsdag torsdag fredag 6 september kl september kl september kl september kl september smykker og armbåndsure sølv porcelæn, fajance, glas og orientalsk kunstindustri antikken ure og møbler møbler og bronzer kl. 18 udsøgte malerier september kl. 13 ældre malerier september kl. 13 malerier, ikoner tegninger og grafik Johan Rohde samlingen auktion 776 mandag 17 september kl. 13 orientalske tæpper

5 malerier tegninger og grafik auktion september 2007 eftersyn onsdag 29. august kl torsdag 30. august kl fredag 31. august kl lørdag 1. september kl søndag 2. september kl mandag 3. september kl Bredgade 33 DK-1260 København K Tel Fax bredgade@bruun-rasmussen.dk

6 Velkommen til den internationale auktion 776 hos Bruun Rasmussen Som en konsekvens af den stigende internationalisering af auktionsmarkedet udkom Bruun Rasmussens seneste katalog på engelsk. Dette initiativ blev vel modtaget, og derfor udkommer katalogerne for ældre malerier, antikviteter og kunstindustri nu på engelsk. Det skal dog understreges, at alle tekster vil være at finde på dansk på Desuden står personalet, som altid, klar til at besvare spørgsmål ved henvendelse i husets daglige åbningstid. Italienske stemninger Auktionen indledes med en række af skagensmalernes interessante landskaber, søstykker og portrætter. Fra Skagens nordlige lys drager vi sydover til de italienske himmelstrøg. Som gentagne gange før har Bruun Rasmussen reserveret en del af auktionen til et udvalgt tema, og denne gang gælder det Italien. Italiens enorme betydning for dansk kunst i 1800-tallet kan ikke overvurderes. Her rejste langt de fleste danske kunstnere til Italien mindst en gang i deres liv ofte med Kunstakademiets store guldmedalje i bagagen. De besøgte især Norditalien, Rom og områderne omkring Napoli og Capri, hvor de blev en del af det internationale kunstnermiljø. For de mange skandinaviske kunstnere i Rom i første halvdel af 1800-tallet havde stadens ukronede kunstnerkonge, Bertel Thorvaldsen, umådelig betydning som inspirator og omdrejningspunkt for kunstnerisk udveksling såvel som selskabelig aktivitet. Også italienerne havde stor betydning for de tilrejsende kunstnere, omend de først og fremmest tjente som modeller til sværmeriske genremotiver, hvor de tillagdes en umiddelbar oprindelighed, som gik godt i tråd med det romantiske verdensbillede. Auktionen giver mulighed for en sand lystvandring i italienske stemninger. Johan Rohdes samling Den danske billedkunstner, designer og kunstkritiker, Johan Rohde, var en central skikkelse i dansk kunstliv omkring år Også hans søn, kunsthistorikeren H.P. Rohde, satte et væsentligt fingeraftryk på dansk kunsthistorie. Sidstnævnte døde i 2005, og på auktionen sælges flere værker af Johan Rohde fra H.P. Rohdes samling. Læs mere på side 56. L.P. Larsens samling En stor arv satte Lauritz Poul Larsen i stand til at opbygge en fin samling af malerkunst, der rummede værker af alle de danske guldaldermalere. Samlingen omtales i "Kunst i Privat Eje", bind I, 1944: "Kontorchef L.P. Larsens Samling er karakteristisk for de Samlinger, der dannedes omkring Aarhundredeskiftet ( årh.), og som prægedes af et virkeligt Kendskab til det 19. Aarhundredes danske Malerkunst". En del af den unikke samling realiseres nu på auktionen. God fornøjelse!

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8 Johan Rohde The Unity of Art By Gertrud Hvidbjerg-Hansen and Gertrud Oelsner Last year marked the 150th anniversary of Johan Rohde s birth, but the scope and coherence of his comprehensive production of paintings, furniture, silver and book-craft has remained largely unknown, even though Rohde was arguably one of the most crucial figures in Danish art, applied art and art criticism around the turn of the previous century. The Free Exhibition Johan Rohde ( ) was originally trained as a medical doctor, but relatively late in life he decided to pursue a career as an artist. After taking private lessons for a few years he succeeded in being accepted at the Academy of Fine Arts in Among young artists at that time there was great dissatisfaction with education offered by the Academy and with the censored exhibitions held at Charlottenborg. Young artist felt that the established art was stagnant and out of step with the modern currents that were coming to the fore abroad. Therefore, many of these young artists sought admission to The Artists Free Study School where P.S. Krøyer and Lauritz Tuxen taught with inspiration from modern French art. Rohde spent the years from 1883 to 1887 at this school, and it was here his pictorial talent was developed. Later, Rohde became a teacher at the school and he taught a number of the artists that, in time, would represent early Danish modernism. These include Oluf Høst, Olaf Rude, William Scharff as well as Edvard Weie. The ever increasing dissatisfaction with the exhibitions at Charlottenborg where young artists of modernist orientation were not allowed to exhibit led to the establishment of The Free Exhibition in Along with Vilhelm Hammershøi, Th. Philipsen, J.F. Willumsen and Agnes and Harald Slott- Møller, Rohde was one of the main initiators behind the founding of this association, and for many years it was very much Rohde who was the driving force behind the activities of The Free. In 1893 Rohde and Philipsen managed to create an exhibition of Vincent van Gogh s and Paul Gauguin s works. This was many years before these painters achieved substantial international recognition, and for young Danish artists this exhibition proved extremely significant. Johan Rohde: "Selvportræt" (c. 1890). Den Hirschsprungske Samling. Travels in Europe As of the late 19th century, travels, exhibitions and journals began to give Danish artists a very good impression of the latest currents in especially French and German art. Johan Rohde was among the artists whose entire artistic efforts were strongly influenced by international currents. For example, his contribution to the founding of The Free Exhibition must be considered within the context of similar initiatives across Europe where artists would form free and independent associations in opposition to tradition-bound academies.

9 In 1887 Rohde travelled to Paris, the most important city in the European art world at the time, but notably his later travels had a major impact on his own work as an artist. Shortly after the foundation of The Free Exhibition, Rohde set out on a longer journey to The Netherlands, Belgium, Paris, London and Northern Italy. Rohde profited immensely from this journey. His encounter with the older European art was further intensified by the experience of being confronted with an entirely ground-breaking expression in contemporary art especially French symbolists such as Paul Gauguin, Maurice Denis, Vincent van Gogh and Felix Valloton were to serve as guiding stars for Rohde in the course of his later work. Johan Rohde s close ties to the symbolism of the 1890 s is most striking in his soulful and silent landscapes in which canals and rivers, boats and bridges, buildings and vegetation are depicted in the changing light of the twilight hour. These are sensed landscapes that could justifiably be interpreted as evocative of personal moods, inscribed in an ornamental sequence of lines and in simplified and decorative forms. He found his motifs in Holland, van Gogh s native country, but when he returned to Denmark, he found motifs of similar quality in the flatlands of Ribe, Fanoe and Karup, and in canal and harbour scenes at e.g. Christianshavn and in his hometown Randers areas that probably reminded him of the canals in Venice and Amsterdam. The Unity of Art Johan Rohde s work features a number of references to Danish and international art and arts and crafts, references that derive from his travels in Denmark and abroad. No matter what material and what kind of object he worked with, Rohde seems to have wanted to purify the artistic idiom. Although he never endeavoured to create a sheer Gesamtkunstwerk, the total interplay of the arts, his works clearly bespeak an artistic ideal that we are perhaps more familiar with under names such as Symbolism and Art Nouveau. The motifs of his paintings carry traces of the man-made world bridges, houses, ships and ruins from Antiquity as well as traces of the organic and decorative forms of nature. The arched bridges in Rohde s landscapes are repeated in the curves of his furniture. The depiction of houses in the paintings assumes cubic shapes, not unlike the drawers in Rohde s commodes. The column motifs and volutes in the paintings recur as a classical element of his furniture and silver design. All these multifarious impulses intertwine in Rohde s work. Together, the symbolist, the flowing, the classical, the textural, the formal and the ethereal modes of expression constitute the core of Rohde s highly personal idiom an idiom that had the unity of art as ideal. Gertrud Hvidberg-Hansen is keeper at Odense City Museums, and along with Gertrud Oelsner, keeper at Storstrøm Art Museum, she organised last year s Rohde exhibition, ARS UNA (The Unity of Art), at Funen Art Museum. For this exhibition they issued a publication on Rohde and his work under this very title. The exhibition, from which a number of items are now offered for sale, was later presented at the Bröhan- Museum in Berlin. Bruun Rasmussen s international auction no 776 consists of two catalogues, the first part with paintings and the second part with applied art. Works by Johan Rohde from the collection of his son, the late H.P. Rohde, will be represented in both catalogues. In this catalogue the works are lot numbers

10 afdelingen for ældre malerier afdelingsleder: katalogisering: Kasper Nielsen Birte Stokholm Jeannette Trefzer Bettina Sinnet Nikolaj Brandt

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12 Frants Henningsen, b. Copenhagen 1850, d. s. p A summer's day along the coast of Northern Sealand. Signed with monogram and dated 93. Oil on canvas. 50 x 63 cm. DKK / Laurits Tuxen, b. Copenhagen 1853, d. s. p Girls on the beach in Højen, Gl. Skagen. Signed L. T. Højen Oil on canvas. 78 x 55 cm. Exhibited: On the reverse are remains of an old exhibition label from Charlottenborg in Copenhagen. Probably no. 492 in the Charlottenborg exhibition in 1903 with the title "Frisk Formiddag". DKK / CD Thorolf Pedersen, b. Copenhagen 1858, d. Frederiksberg 1942 A beach scene with two fishermen gazing at the sea. Signed and dated Thorolf Pedersen Oil on canvas. 88 x 129 cm. On the reverse are remains of an exhibition label. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 776

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14 Michael Ancher, b. Bornholm 1849, d. Skagen 1927 Breking the waves off Skagen. Signed and dated M. A. 07. Oil on canvas. 84 x 138 cm. Provenance: The owner's great grandfather K. L. Gunnerson, Building Engineer did construction work on Skagen Harbour that opened in He acquired this painting in return for a work he had done. This seascape demonstrates Michael Ancher's capability as "painter of the sea". DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 776

15 1104 Carl Locher b. Flensburg 1851, d. Skagen 1915 Lifeboat in action. Signed Carl Locher. Oil on canvas. 65 x 40 cm. DKK / Michael Ancher b. Bornholm 1849, d. Skagen 1927 A girl from Skagen in a yellow dress seen in profile with the sea in the background. Signed M. A. Oil on canvas. 52 x 40 cm. DKK / Michael Ancher b. Bornholm 1849, d. Skagen 1927 A smiling old man from Skagen with a bottle tucked under his waistcoat. Signed and dated monogram 97. Oil on canvas. 50 x 37 cm. DKK / P. S. Krøyer b. Stavanger 1851, d. Skagen 1909 Portrait of "Padre Silvestre Paoni". Signed and dated S. Krøyer Civita d'antino 2. Sep(?) 90. Pastel on paper. 36 x 28 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

16 Michael Ancher b. Bornholm 1849, d. Skagen 1927 A man sawing. Signed and dated M. A. 18. Oil on canvas. 36 x 29 cm. Provenance: The estate auction after Helga Ancher, ABR auction 178, 1965 nr. 25. DKK / Michael Ancher b. Bornholm 1849, d. Skagen 1927 Evening in Skagen with Søren Rytter in the the field. Signed with monogram and dated 12. Oil on canvas. 47 x 39 cm. DKK / Michael Ancher b. Bornholm 1849, d. Skagen 1927 An old man resting in the sun. Signed M. A. Oil on canvas. 66 x 43 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 776

17 Laurits Tuxen, b. Copenhagen 1853, d. s. p "Strandparti med figurer, Skagen". Skagen beach on a cloudy day. Signed with monogram and dated Oil on canvas. 40 x 75 cm. Lise Svanholm, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Laurits Tuxen no DKK / Viggo Johansen, b. Copenhagen 1851, d. s. p "Graavejrsdag ved Limfjorden". An overcast day. Signed and dated V. Johansen Björnsholm 91. Oil on canvas. 63 x 120 cm. Exhibited: Charlottenborg 1892 no DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

18 Michael Ancher, b. Bornholm 1849, d. Skagen 1927 Interior with two girls. Signed M. A. Oil on board. 33 x 48 cm. Provenance: The painter Helga Ancher, the estate auction after Helga Ancher, ABR auction 178, 1965 no. 19. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 776

19 CD Hilda Frederika Heyman, b. 1872, d A fisherman and a young girl repairing the fishing nets. Signed and dated Hilda Heiman Skagen Oil on canvas. 44 x 65 cm. Hilda Heyman belonged to a group of female Scandinavian artists, among others Hanna Pauli, Sigrid Hjérten and Anna Ancher who went abroad around the year 1900 to paint in Germany, Italy and France. Heyman also went to Poland, Palestine and the Shetland Isles. Many paintings are known from these locations. Heyman was highly praised for her intimate studies of people absorbed in their own worlds. DKK / Anna Ancher, b. Skagen 1859, d. s. p A family from Skagen is cutting boughs outside a house. Signed and dated A. Ancher Oil on canvas. 43 x 55 cm. Anna Ancher was a great colourist and she was very fascinated by the special light in Skagen. She found her motifs in her surroundings and neighbourhood in Skagen, either in the home, in the garden, in the village of Skagen or in the outskirts of Skagen. She did not very often paint traditional landscapes, but several times she depicted the vigorous nature of the garden as a decorative element in her pictures of people. When painting outside, she could more than anywhere else focus on the sunlight in the motif. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

20 C. F. Sørensen b. Besser on Samsø 1818, d. Copenhagen 1879 Sailing boats at the Sound. Signed and dated C. Frederik Sørensen Oil on canvas. 64 x 93 cm. DKK / Michael Ancher b. Bornholm 1849, d. Skagen 1927 Breaking the waves on a gray day. Signed and dated M. A. 07. Oil on canvas. 40 x 56 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 776

21 Carl Neumann, b. Copenhagen 1833, d. s. p "Kronborg Pynt. Overtrækkende Tordenbyge". A passing thunder shower. Signed and dated J. C. Neumann Oil on canvas. 105 x 152 cm. DKK / Laurits Tuxen, b. Copenhagen 1853, d. s. p Breaking waves under a dark sky. Signed L. Tuxen. Oil on canvas. 30 x 47 cm. Ebony frame. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

22 Holger Drachmann, b. Copenhagen 1846, d. Hornbæk 1908 View of Skagen where the Skagerak and the Kattegat meet at Grenen (The top of Jutland). Signed and dated Holger Drachmann Skagen 4. Marts Oil on canvas mounted on board. 22 x 35 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 776

23 Carl Locher, b. Flensburg 1851, d. Skagen 1915 Coastal scene with ships at sea. Signed Carl Locher. Oil on canvas. 41 x 67 cm. DKK / Michael Ancher, b. Bornholm 1849, d. Skagen 1927 A young girl strolling along Skagen beach in a white summer dress. Signed and dated M. A. 14. Oil on canvas. 61 x 38 cm. It has been suggested that the young girl is Vibeke Krøyer. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

24 Michael Ancher, b. Bornholm 1849, d. Skagen 1927 Waves breaking on a rainy day, Skagen. Signed and dated Michael Ancher 10. Oil on canvas. 87 x 127 cm. Provenance: The estate of Ludvig Tegner, Consul General and wife Helga Tegner. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 776

25 Michael Ancher, b. Bornholm 1849, d. Skagen 1927 A fisherwoman from Skagen knitting on the beach. Signed M. Ancher. Oil on canvas. 80 x 66 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

26 Laurits Tuxen, b. Copenhagen 1853, d. s. p Interior with a nude. Signed and dated L. T. 17. Oil on canvas. 73 x 61 cm. Lise Svanholm, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Laurits Tuxen no DKK / CD Helga Ancher, b. Skagen 1883, d. s. p View of The Danish National Gallery in Copenhagen and the Observatory in Copenhagen. Signed and dated Helga Ancher 18. Oil on canvas. 58 x 83 cm. Unframed. DKK / Laurits Tuxen, b. Copenhagen 1853, d. s. p View of Alhambra. Signed and dated L. T. Alhambra 4/5 02. Oil on canvas. 54 x 72 cm. Lise Svanholm, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Laurits Tuxen no Exhibited: Bristol, Copenhagen,"Separatudstilling over Laurits Tuxens Malerier, Studier og Tegninger", 1916 no. 53. Charlottenborg, "Malende Kunstneres Sammenslutning" (M. K. S.), 1919 no DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 776

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28 Holger Drachmann b. Copenhagen 1846, d. Hornbæk 1908 Sunset at Skagen beach. Signed and dated Holger Drachmann Skagen Oil on canvas. 81 x 115 cm. DKK / Holger Drachmann b. Copenhagen 1846, d. Hornbæk 1908 Seascape in the sunset. Signed H. D. Oil on canvas. 25 x 38 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 776

29 Michael Ancher, b. Bornholm 1849, d. Skagen 1927 Evening in Skagen with Elsie walking with a little girl. Signed M. Ancher. Oil on canvas. 94 x 79 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

30 L. A. Ring, b. Ring 1854, d. Roskilde 1933 "Portræt af cand. jur, Assistent i Overformynderiet Albert Paulsen". Signed L.A. Ring 86. Oil on canvas. 42 x 32 cm. H. Chr. Christensen, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of L. A. Ring nr.65. malerier nr. 65.The nude on the wall has catalogue no Provenance: Varemægler Ernst Meyer. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 776

31 Julius Exner, b. Copenhagen 1825, d. s. p "Fanøbønder, som i Malerens Fraværelse more sig over hans Arbejde". People from Fanø looking at the painting while the artist has left the room. Signed and dated J. Exner Oil on canvas. 98 x 137 cm. Proveniens: Mr. J. Halberstadt, wholesale dealer. Has been owned by the same family and not been for sale since Exhibited: Charlottenborg 1879 no. 84. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

32 Jens Juel, b. Balslev, Funen Island 1745, d. Copenhagen 1802 A portrait of rear-admiral (kontreadmiral) Lorenz Lassen ( ) in a blue doublebreasted uniform. Unsigned. Oil on canvas mounted on board. Oval. 72 x 62 cm. A repetition of no. 847 in Ellen Poulsen, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Jens Juel. Provenance: ABR auction 172, 1964, no. 15, reproduced p. 11. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 776

33 C. W. Eckersberg b. Blåkrog near Aabenraa 1783, d. Copenhagen 1853 A pilot boat, a brig and a cutter at the sea. Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 36 x 45 cm. Literature: Marie Lødrup Bang, Johan Christian Dahl Emil Hannover, "Maleren C. W. Eckersberg", 1898 Sigurd Willoch, Tegninger av C. W. Eckersberg i det norske Nasjonalgalleri. Cras 41, p.p Silkeborg Kunstmuseum The present painting can with certainty be identified as being by Eckersberg. This identification is based on a drawing by Eckersberg in the Print Room in Nasjonalgalleriet in Oslo. The drawing (brig and pilot boat. Pencil and wash drawing, 142 x 117 mm. Inv. no NG B 5511 ) shows the brig at precisely the same angle as the present painting. The pilot boat also appears in the drawing, however seen from another angle and astern of the brig. The drawing has been in the possession of the Norwegian painter J. C. Dahl, probably given to him by his friend and colleague Eckersberg. Dahl actually used the same drawing in the composition of the painting Skib i Sognefjorden, 1829 ( private collection ), and there is reason to believe that Dahl incorporated drawings by Eckersberg more than once in other marine paintings. Assuming that Eckersberg did not keep a copy of the drawing when he gave it to Dahl, the present painting must have been painted before 1829, which also corresponds with the style, which points in the direction of an early work by Eckersberg. The above mentioned drawing has not previously been linked with any painting by Eckersberg. We can hereby add yet another painting to the list of recognised works by Eckersberg. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

34 N. A. Abildgaard b. Copenhagen 1743, d. Frederiksdal 1809 "Sundtolden ved Helsingør". Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 47 x 116 cm. Exhibited: Kunstforeningen, "N. A. Abildgaards arbejder", 1916 no 38. Literature: Bente Skovgaard, "Maleren Abildgaard", 1961 s. 84 reproduced fig. 25. Provenance: Baron Bille Brahe. We have been informed that the painting probably hang in the Odd Fellow Palace in Bredgade, Copenhagen. DKK / French painter, 19th centrury An allegory of the art of painting in the shape of a young woman on a cloud. Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 54 x 74 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 776

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36 A. Riis Carstensen b. Sennels near Thisted 1844, d. Elsinore 1906 At a fishing village, St. Croix. Signed and dated A. Riis Carstensen St. Croix 03. Oil on canvas. 48 x 77 cm. DKK / Emanuel Larsen, b. Copenhagen 1823, d. s. p Sailing ships at sea on a calm day. Signed Emanuel Larsen. Oil on canvas. 40 x 62 cm. Provenance: The collection of Einar Damm, Bank Manager, his auction, Winkel & Magnussen 129, 1933 no. 30. DKK / Jacob Petersen, b. Flensburg 1774, d. Copenhagen 1855 The Danish frigate "Barham" and the American frigate "Constitution" off Gibraltar. Signed and dated I. P and inscribed "Barham" and "Constitution". Oil on canvas. 57 x 78 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 776

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38 Paul Fischer, b. Copenhagen 1860, d. s. p View of Emiliekilde. Signed Paul Fischer. Grisaille. Oil on board. 20 x 25 cm. Emiliekilde is a small monument erected by Ernst Schimmelmann in memory of his first wife Emilie. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 776

39 Paul Fischer b. Copenhagen 1860, d. s. p Mother and child buying flowers. Signed Paul Fischer. Grisaille. Oil on cardboard. 19 x 26 cm. DKK / Paul Fischer, b. Copenhagen 1860, d. s. p Mother and child in front of the "Hotel Bristol" at Rådhuspladsen (Town Hall Square) in Copenhagen. Signed and dated Paul Fischer Okt Oil on canvas. 75 x 57 cm. Provenance: The collection of the late Einar Polander. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

40 Painter unknown, 19th century The entrance to the harbour of Havana, Cuba. Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 40 x 54 cm. DKK / Vilhelm Melbye, b. Elsinore 1824, d. Roskilde 1882 View of Gibraltar. Signed and dated Wilhelm Melbye Oil on canvas. 105 x 150 cm. Vilhelm Melbye was educated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, one of his teachers being Carl Dahl ( ). After a stay in London Melbye went to Paris where he became a pupil of the famous seascape painter Théodore Gudin. In the same period he went travelling in North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula. Here he had the opportunity to make studies for this impressive painting of the Rock of Gibraltar. Later he gained a considerable international reputation and became a successful seascape painter in London. Queen Victoria and Christian VIII were among the people of high rank who acquired works by Melbye. He was appointed Professor at the Academy of Fine Art in Copenhagen in This work must be considered one of Melbye s finest contributions to romantic seascape painting. DKK / Julius Prömmel, ascribed to b. Hamburg 1805, d. Trieste 1844 Seascape with war ships and fishermen in the Mediterranean near Neaples. Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 100 x 150 cm. Unframed. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 776

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42 Peter Ilsted, b. Sakskøbing 1861, d. Copenhagen 1933 Virginia creeper around a window at Liselund. Signed with monogram and indistinctly dated. Oil on canvas. 57 x 50 cm. Peter Ilsted rented Liselund at Møen for the summer in the begining of the 20th century. The charming country house is often depicted in his paintings and etchings. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 776

43 Carl Holsøe, b. Århus 1863, d. Asserbo 1935 Interior with the painter's wife. Signed C. Holsøe. Oil on mahogany. 47 x 37 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

44 * CD Peder Mønsted b. Grenaa 1859, d. Fredensborg 1941 Old farm house. Signed and dated P. Mönsted Sörup Oil on canvas. 44 x 61 cm. DKK / CD Peder Mønsted b. Grenaa 1859, d. Fredensborg 1941 White farmhouses, springtime. Signed and dated P. Mønsted Sørup Oil on canvas. 35 x 50 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 776

45 Simon Simonsen, b. Munich 1841, d. Copenhagen 1928 Watering the stagecoach horses. Signed and dated Simon Simonsen Oil on canvas. 36 x 52 cm. DKK / Vilhelm Hammershøi, b. Copenhagen 1864, d. s. p A landscape with fields and trees. Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 13.5, x 24 cm. Provenance: Dr. Phil. Harald Olsen, former Museum Director at the Danish National Gallery. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

46 Carl Holsøe, b. Århus 1863, d. Asserbo 1935 An interior with the artist's wife at her needlework. Signed C. Holsøe. Oil on canvas. 60 x 49 cm. Provenance: The collection of the late Einar Polander. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 776

47 Carl Holsøe, b. Århus 1863, d. Asserbo 1935 Interior with an open door. The home of the artist at Altona farm near the manor house Torbenfeldt, Mørkøv. Signed C. Holsøe. Oil on canvas. 57 x 48 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

48 Erik Henningsen, b. Copenhagen 1855, d. s. p "Efter Nattevagten". After the night duty. Signed and dated E. Henningsen Oil on canvas. 50 x 45 cm. Exhibited: Charlottenborg 1907 no 184. DKK / Paul Fischer, b. Copenhagen 1860, d. s. p Two elegant ladies buying flowers at Højbro Plads. Signed Paul Fischer. Oil on canvas. 86 x 40 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 776

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50 Wenzel Tornøe b. Svendborg 1844, d. Frederiksberg 1907 En sypige, Pinsemorgen. A dressmaker on Whitsun morning. Signed Wenzel Tornøe. Oil on panel. 39 x 35 cm. Provenance: The collection of the late Einar Polander. DKK / Theodor Philipsen, b. Copenhagen 1840, d. s. p "Brakkerne paa Saltholm". C Signed with monogram. Oil on mahogany x 49 cm. Literature: Vibeke Skov, A Catalogue Raisonné of the works of Theodor Philipsen no Mentioned: Kunst i Privat Eje, 1945 Vol, 3, p.145, where this painting is mentioned as an open air impressionistic painting par excellence. Exhibited: Kunstforeningen in Copenhagen, "Theodor Philipsen", 1911, no 213. Forum, Copenhagen: "Det danske Kunststævne", 1929 no Amsterdam: "Den danske Kunstudstilling i Amsterdam", 1934 no. 54. Kunstforeningen, "Theodor Philipsen", 1946 no. 49. Provenance: The painter's brother S. A. Philipsen, auction of his estate Winkel & Magnussen 39, 1926 no. 25. The collection of Hans Lystrup. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 776

51 L. A. Ring, b. Ring 1854, d. Roskilde 1933 "Udsigt fra Bakkerne ved Frederiksværk". View from the hills near Frederiksværk. Signed and dated L. A. Ring 99. Oil on canvas. 72 x 95 cm. H. Chr. Christensen, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of L. A. Ring no Exhibited: Charlottenborg 1900 no Provenance: C. I. Hvalsø Møller, Former Legal Advisor. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

52 L. A. Ring, b. Ring 1854, d. Roskilde 1933 "Et lille hvil". A short rest. Signed and dated L. A. Ring Oil on canvas. 82 x 97 cm. H. Chr. Christensen, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of L. A. Ring no (Under the year 1908). Exhibited: Charlottenborg 1908 no Kunstforeningen, "L. A. Ring", 1914 no. 69. Provenance: Winkel & Magnussen 1910 no. 62. Stockbroker Johan Levin (1914). Johan og Martin Levin's auction, Charlottenborg 1923 no. 112, illustrated p. 19. Provenance: The collection of the late Einar Polander. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 776

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55 Julius Exner, b. Copenhagen 1825, d. s. p "Besøget hos Bedstefader". The Visit at Grandfather's House. Signed and dated J. Exner Oil on canvas. 74 x 98 cm. Statens Museum for Kunst (The Danish National Gallery in Copenhagen) has a similar painting by Exner. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

56 The Collection of L. P. Larsen The paintings have been in the possession of the family and have not been offered for sale since L. P. Larsen acquired them in the first half of the 20th century. A part of this collection is now up for auction. Lauritz Poul Larsen ( ) was office manager in the Danish Ministry of Agriculture. He was the son of politician and agronomist H. P. L. Larsen and inherited a fortune when his parents died. This enabled him to start his collection of Danish art, which is described in "Kunst i Privat Eje", Volume I, 1944 p All the great Danish Golden Age painters were represented in the collection including Eckersberg, Lundbye, Købke, Skovgaard, Marstrand and Kyhn. The collection is praised in the following quotation from the above-mentioned book: "L. P. Larsen's collection is characteristic of the collections that were formed around the turn of the century by showing real knowledge of the Danish art of painting in the 19th century. Most of the paintings in the collection are small in size but bought on the basis of an educated and highly developed cultural sense." The lot numbers and 1547 have been in the Collection of L. P. Larsen. L. P. Larsens samling Malerierne har befundet sig i familiens eje og har ikke været handlet siden L. P. Larsen erhvervede dem i begyndelsen af 1900-tallet. En del af samlingen er nu på auktion. Lauritz Poul Larsen ( ) var kontorchef i landbrugsministeriet. Han var søn af politiker og landøkonom H. P. L. Larsen, og arven efter forældrene satte ham i stand til at opbygge en fin samling af dansk malerkunst. Denne omtales i "Kunst i Privat Eje", bind I, 1944 s Samlingen rummede alle de gode guldaldermalere, herunder Eckersberg, Lundbye, Købke, Skovgaard, Marstrand og Kyhn, og beskrives i bogen således: "Kontorchef L. P. Larsens Samling er karakteristisk for de Samlinger, der dannedes omkring Aarhundredskiftet, og som prægedes af et virkeligt Kendskab til det 19. Aarhundredes danske Malerkunst. Den bestaar overvejende af smaa Billeder og bærer Præg af en gennemkultiveret og skolet Smag". Katalognumrene and 1547 har været i L. P. Larsens samling. 56 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 776

57 Axel Helsted, b. Copenhagen 1847, d. s. p "Santa Maria del Bastimento". En Fader med sine Børn bedende til Madonna". A father and his children are praying to the Madonna in the Santa Maria del Bastimento Church. Signed and dated Axel Helsted Rom Oil on canvas. 70 x 58 cm. Exhibited: Charlottenborg 1878 no Foreningen for National Kunst, "Italien skildret af Danske Malere", 1968 no. 30. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

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59 Anders Lunde, b. Copenhagen 1809, d. s. p A summer's day in Hellebæk. Signed A. Lunde Hellebæk. Oil on paper mounted on canvas. 30 x 41 cm. A drawing for the oil painting: Signed with monogram and on the passepartout A. Lunde and inscribed "Parti ved Hellebæk", chosen by Pastor Krøyer, Hjørring, Pencil, indian ink and water colour on paper. Visible size 14 x 21.5 cm. (2). The painting exhibited: Charlottenborg 1864 no. 79. The drawing was made for the archives of Charlottenborg. Provenance: The drawing, Pastor Krøyer, Hjørring. DKK / Vilhelm Kyhn, b. Copenhagen 1819, d. Frederiksberg 1903 Landscape with a view of Udby Church. Signed monogram and dated Udbye 53. Oil on board. 32 x 42 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

60 A. E. Kieldrup, b. 1827, d. Copenhagen 1869 Niederfeldt (Niederfell) in the Mosel valley Signed with monogram. Oil on canvas. 36 x 52 cm. DKK / Edvard Petersen, b. Copenhagen 1841, d. s. p "Torv i Sulmona". Square in Sulmona in the Abruzzi or Signed with monogram. Oil on canvas. 34 x 54 cm. Literature: F. Hendriksen, "En Dansk Kunstnerkreds fra sidste Halvdel af 19. Aarhundrede", 1928 reproduced p Provenance: The estate auction of the late Edvard Petersen, 1912 no. 25, reproduced in the catalogue. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 776

61 Janus la Cour, b. Ringkøbing 1837, d. Odder 1909 The Roman Campagne. Signed and dated J. L. Apr Oil on paper mounted on canvas. 35 x 54 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

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63 Anders Lunde, b. Copenhagen 1809, d. s. p Italian landscape with a village on a mountain top. In the foreground a well. Signed with monogram. Oil on canvas. 33 x 44 cm. DKK / Fritz Petzholdt, b. Copenhagen 1805, d. Patras 1838 German landscape overlooking a broad valley. Inscribed on the reverse F. Petzholdt and "tilhører G. Collin" (belongs to G. Collin). Oil on paper mounted on canvas x 26 cm. Literature: Henry Tuxen, An unpublished Catalogue Raisonné from 1942/43 of 50 paintings by Fritz Petzholdt no. 28. Exhibited: Kunstforeningen, "Fritz Petzholdt ", 1985 no. 32. DKK / Constantin Hansen, b. Rome 1804, d. Fredriksberg 1880 "Det indre af Kirken S. Lorenzo Fuori le Mura i Rom". Interior from the Church S. Lorenzo Fuori in Rome Signed. C. H. Oil on canvas. 35 x 37 cm. Literature: Emil Hannover, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Constantin Hansen no. 130, mentioned p. 75 and 78. Exhibited: "Italien skildret af danske malere", Foreningen for National Kunst 1968 no. 16. Provenance: The estate auction of Constantin Hansen, 1880 no. 44. Captain F. Hansen. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

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65 Hans Smidth, b. Nakskov 1839, d. Frederiksberg 1917 Frederiksborg Castle in Hillerød. Signed H. Smidth. Oil on canvas. 36 x 38 cm. DKK / Ernst Meyer, b. Altona 1797, d. Rome 1861 Sun and shadow in a pergola, Italy. Unsigned. Bears the signature Ernst Meyer on the reverse. Oil on paper mounted on canvas. 23 x 30 cm. DKK / Johan Thomas Lundbye, b. Kalundburg 1818, d. Bedsted 1848 "En Bonde ifærd med at spænde fra, mens Föllet halv nysgjerrigt halv ængsteligt nærmer sig Gaardhanen". A farmer is unharnessing a horse, while the foal half curious, half anxious is approaching the cock Unsigned (according to Karl Madsen: "Betegnelsen udslettet" inscription has disappeared). Oil on canvas. 62 x 75 cm. Karl Madsen, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of J. Th. Lundbye no Exhibited: Charlottenborg 1848 no Provenance: Monrad, Bishop. Mrs Ploug (1895). DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

66 J. H. Møller, b. Randers 1822, d. Sweden 1884 View of the Vierwaldstättersee. Signed J. H. Möller. Oil on canvas. 78 x 120 cm. J. H. Møller spent a short time at the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen before he went to Germany in 1844 spending time in Berlin, Munich and Karlsruhe. He lived in Karlsruhe until 1874, when he returned to his native town Randers in Denmrk. Landscape paintings were his main topic especially from the surroundings of Karlsruhe. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 776

67 Vilhelm Petersen, b. Copenhagen 1812, d. s. p A farm with a pergola in the Alps. C Signed with indistinct monogram. Oil on canvas mounted on canvas. 23 x 28 cm. Scraps of exhibition label on the stretcher. Vilhelm Petersen travelled to Austria and Italy in The location is ftirol on the border between Austria and Italy. At ABR auctions 703 and 705, paintings with similar scenes were sold. DKK / Janus la Cour, b. Ringkøbing 1837, d. Odder 1909 View of the Vierwaldstättersee. Signed and dated J. la Cour Oil on canvas. 109 x 97 cm. Impressive landscape paintings by Janus la Cour can be experienced at ARos Århus Kunstmuseum right now. The exhibition entitled "Janus la Cour - Stilhedens maler" (The painter of silence) will continue until 9th of September DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

68 Peter Birmann, b. Basel 1758, d. s. p The outskirts of Rome with a view of Ponte Mole. Signed Birmann P MDCX (on the Roman gravestone). Oil on canvas. 92 x 120 cm. On the frame the following information: "Vue de Pont Mole pris de Rome". Provenance: A Danish manor house. DKK / Peter Birmann, b. Basel 1758, d. s. p The outskirts of Basel, Schweiz. Signed P. Birmann Oil on canvas. 92 x 120 cm. On the frame is the following information: "Vue de environs de Bâle en Suisse, prise de la Carriere de Mutenz". Provenance: A Danish manor house. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 776

69 1177 The Swiss painter Peter Biermann and his son Samuel were important characters in the artist society in Basel in the 19th century, not only as landscape painters but also as collectors and art dealers. Peter Birmann was a pupil of J.R. Huber the Younger in Basel and of J.J. Kaufmann in Pruntrut. In 1775 he worked in Bern for the publisher A. Wagner. Most important for his career as an artist was his training with J.L. Aberli in Bern, who taught him the art of painting views. From 1781 to 1790 he stayed in Rome. For a short time he worked together with the landscape painter P. Ducros from the canton fo Vaud / Switzerland. Later he worked as headmaster of the studio of G. Volpato. In 1790 he returned to Basel and founded a publishing house, which very successfully sold reproductions of Swiss landscapes. In this auction we are happy to present paintings from both Basel and Rome, painted by Peter Birmann. BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

70 Janus la Cour, b. Ringkøbing 1837, d. Odder 1909 A scenery from Capri with a view of Punta della Campanella. Signed La Cour Oil on canvas. 39 x 55 cm. DKK / Ernst Meyer, b. Altona 1797, d. Rome 1861 View of an Italian garden. Dated Nemi 1. Aug. 45 and signed on the reverse Ernst Meyer fec. Oil on paper mounted on canvas. 35 x 27 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 776

71 Jørgen Sonne, b. Birkerød 1801, d. Copenhagen 1890 Italian houses with vines, in the foreground a little girl. In the background a bay with a fishing boat. Signed J. Sonne. Oil on paper mounted on board. 28 x 42 cm. Statens Museum for Kunst (The Danish National Gallery) owns a painting with a very similar motif from the 1830's. The painting here is a study for a painting located today at ARoS, Aarhus Kunstmuseum (Aarhus Art Museum). Jørgen Sonne spent nine years in Italy, most of the time in Rome. He travelled down the coast several times from Rome to Capua and further on to Naples. The painting here is probably painted in the vicinity of Terracina. DKK / Danish Golden Age painter, c View of the temple of Sibyl at Tivoli. Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 32 x 28 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

72 L. A. Ring, b. Ring 1854, d. Roskilde 1933 "Sluse ved Pompei". A lock at Pompei. A painter at work under a sunshade. Signed and dated L. A. Ring 4/ Oil on canvas. 39 x 44 cm. H. Chr. Christensen, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of L. A. Ring no The painting was painted during Ring's stay in Italy in 1894, the same year "The Three skulls" were painted. (Now at The Danish National Gallery of Art in Copenhagen). The lock was one of the first open air paintings L. A. Ring made in Italy during his stay in Pompei that lasted a month. The sculptor Jensen travelled with him, and he might well have been the model under the tree. The weather was excellent, so all his paintings have sunny bright colours. Provenance: "Auktion over malerier og keramiske arbejder af L. A. Ring" 1896 no. 43. E. Eckert, Judge (1910). DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 776

73 Ernst Meyer, b. Altona 1797, d. Rome 1861 A young Italian woman is carried ashore by a young Neapolitan fisherman. Signed and dated E. Meyer Oil on canvas. 77 x 89 cm. Provenance: The Scavenius family, Gjorslev. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

74 Holger H. Jerichau, b. Copenhagen 1861, d. s. p View of the Bay of Naples, in the background Vesuvius. Signed Holger H. Jerichau. Oil on canvas. 62 x 102 cm. DKK / F. Lund, Danish painter, 19th century Italians in a pergola with a view of the Bay of Naples and Vesuvius. Signed and dated F. Lund 185? Oil on canvas. 69 x 95 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 776

75 C. F. Aagaard, b. Odense 1833, d. Copenhagen 1895 View of the Bay of Naples with a monk and a clergyman strolling on a path above the city. Signed and dated C. F. Aagaard Oil on canvas. 127 x 190 cm. On the frame a plate bears the inscription: "18th of January J. E. C ". The painting may have been given as a present at a silver wedding or a silver jubilee. The hard-working C. F. Aagaard achieved a significant position on the Danish art scene during the last half of the 19th century. He visited Italy twice during the 1870s. This magnificent Italian scene shows Aagaard s marked feeling for detail as well as his mature mastering of the large scale composition. The influence of P. C. Skovgaard - his teacher and one of the leading painters of the Danish Golden Age - is pronounced. When Aagaard is as here at his best, his paintings have a liberating lightness that elevates them far above the mainstream of the generation which followed the great painters of the Golden Age in the last decades of the 19th. century. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

76 1187 Vilhelm Melbye b. Elsinore 1824, d. Roskilde 1882 View of a rocky Italian coast. Signed and dated W. Melby 58. Oil on canvas. 31 x 49 cm. DKK / CD Peder Mønsted b. Grenaa 1859, d. Fredensborg 1941 A view of Rome with the dome of Saint Peter's in the background. Signed and dated P. M. Rom Oil on canvas x 49 cm. DKK Vilhelm Pacht b. Copenhagen 1843, d. Holte 1912 "Loghetto Azzuro i Villa d'este". Signed and dated Vilh. Pacht Villa d'este Oil on board. 47 x 64 cm. Exhibited: Charlottenborg 1912 no 411. DKK BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 776

77 Janus la Cour, b. Ringkøbing 1837, d. Odder 1909 "Tidlig Morgen ved Nemisøen". Early morning at Lake Nemi. Signed and dated Janus la Cour Oil on canvas. 120 x 112 cm. Exhibited: Charlottenborg 1874 no. 58. Foreningen for National Kunst, "Mindeudstilling paa Charlottenborg for Janus la Cour", 1928 no. 71. Provenance: Mrs. Westenholz, Council of Estate. Miss Mary Westenholz. The Dinesen family, Folehavegård, Hørsholm, relatives to the author Karen Blixen. Lake Nemi, near Rome, fascinated the ancients. Virgil and Ovid wrote of it, and Roman emperors erected villas along its shores. One thousand feet above sea level, the body of water rests so deep within the surrounding walls of a volcanic crater that hardly a breeze moves its surface. Along with many European artists of the 19th. century Janus la Cour here captures the unique ambience of the Lake Nemi. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION