C.W. ECKERSBERG and the Danish Golden Age. International auction 861

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1 C.W. ECKERSBERG and the Danish Golden Age International auction 861

2 C.W. ECKERSBERG and the Danish Golden Age AUCTION 24 November 2015 at 4 pm PREVIEW Thursday 19 November 3 pm - 6 pm Friday 20 November 11 am - 5 pm Saturday 21 November 11 am - 4 pm Sunday 22 November 11 am - 4 pm Monday 23 November 11 am - 5 pm or by appointment Bredgade 33 DK-1260 Copenhagen K Tel Fax info@bruun-rasmussen.dk bruun-rasmussen.com

3 The Opening of the Preview in Bredgade 33 Thursday 19 November 3-6 pm Lectures in the saleroom 4 pm C. W. Eckersberg and the Danish Golden Age by Kasper Monrad, curator and senior researcher from the National Gallery of Denmark 4:30 pm My passion for art from the Danish Golden Age by Søren Østergaard, Zirkus director and art collector The lectures can also be seen on bruun-rasmussen.dk via live streaming. Georg Jensen Work Shop Friday 20 November at 3 pm The Gallery on the Ground Floor Come and experience the classic silverwork up close and meet Claes Hansted, who will tell about his 25 years of work for Georg Jensen and the creation of selected silverwork at the preview. Deadline for claiming items: 16 December Items bought at Auction 861 must be paid no later than eight days from the date of the invoice and claimed on Bredgade 33 by Wednesday 16 December at the latest. Otherwise, they will be moved to Bruun Rasmussen s storage facility at Baltikavej 10 in Copenhagen at the buyer s expense and risk. This transportation will cost DKK 100 per item VAT included, and storage will cost DKK 100 per item per week VAT included. 2 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 861 Lot 42

4 DAYS OF SALE FINE ART Tuesday 24 November 4 pm C.W. Eckersberg and the Danish Golden Age 1-70 Paintings 17th - 20th century FINE ART + ANTIQUES Wednesday 25 November 2 pm Russian art Furniture, clocks and bronzes Silver and ceramics Oriental carpets ORIENTAL ART Thursday 26 November 3 pm Oriental sale JEWELLERY + WRISTWATCHES Monday 30 November 4 pm Jewellery and handbags after 7:30 pm Wristwatches MODERN ART Tuesday 1 December 4 pm Modern paintings and sculptures Wednesday 2 December 2 pm Modern paintings and sculptures Prints NORDIC DESIGN Wednesday 2 December 4 pm Silver incl. Georg Jensen Ceramics Thursday 3 December 4 pm Furniture and lamps

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6 C.W. ECKERSBERG og Den Danske Guldalder AUKTION 24. november 2015 kl. 16 PREVIEW Torsdag 19. november kl Fredag 20. november kl Lørdag 21. november kl Søndag 22. november kl Mandag 23. november kl eller efter aftale Bredgade København K Tel Fax info@bruun-rasmussen.dk bruun-rasmussen.dk

7 Åbningen af eftersynet i Bredgade 33 torsdag 19. november kl Foredrag i auktionssalen Kl C.W. Eckersberg og den danske guldalder ved Kasper Monrad, museumsinspektør og seniorforsker fra Statens Museum for Kunst Kl Min passion for dansk guldalderkunst ved Søren Østergaard, zirkus direktør og kunstsamler Foredragene kan også opleves på bruun-rasmussen.dk via live streaming. Georg Jensen Work Shop fredag 20. november kl. 15 Galleriet i stueetagen Kom og oplev sølvklassikere på nært hold og mød Claes Hansted, der fortæller om sit virke for Georg Jensen gennem 25 år og tilblivelsen af udvalgte sølvgenstande på eftersynet. Sidste frist for afhentning: onsdag den 16. december Effekter købt på auktion 861 skal være betalt senest 8 dage efter fakturadatoen og afhentet i Bredgade 33 senest onsdag den 16. december. I modsat fald bliver de transporteret til Bruun Rasmussens lager på Baltikavej 10 i Københavns Nordhavn for købers regning og risiko. Transporten koster 100 kr. pr. effekt inkl. moms, og opbevaringen koster 100 kr. pr. effekt pr. påbegyndt uge inkl. moms. 6 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 861 Lot 34

8 AUKTIONSKALENDER MALERIER Tirsdag 24. november kl. 16 C.W. Eckersberg og Den Danske Guldalder 1-70 Malerier århundrede MALERIER + ANTIKVITETER Onsdag 25. november kl. 14 Russisk kunst Møbler, ure og bronzer Sølv og keramik Orientalske tæpper ORIENTALSK KUNST Torsdag 26. november kl. 15 Orientalsk kunst SMYKKER + ARMBÅNDSURE Mandag 30. november kl. 16 Smykker og tasker efter kl Armbåndsure MODERNE KUNST Tirsdag 1. december kl. 16 Moderne malerier og skulpturer Onsdag 2. december kl. 14 Moderne malerier og skulpturer Grafik NORDISK DESIGN Onsdag 2. december kl. 16 Sølv inkl. Georg Jensen Keramik Torsdag 3. december kl. 16 Møbler og belysning

9 The Danish Golden Age At the last auction of the year in Bredgade, we focus on the Danish Golden Age with a selection of the finest artists of the period, such as C.W. Eckersberg, Martinus Rørbye and Christen Købke. In Denmark, the first half of the 1800s was characterized by a blooming artistic and intellectual life in spite of the many problems facing Denmark at the time the bombardment of Copenhagen in 1801, the loss of the navy in 1807, the national bankruptcy in 1813 and the loss of Norway in The nation was in need of a recovery, and this became the foundation for some of greatest literary and artistic works in Danish cultural history. At the auction we will shed light on three areas, which the Danish Golden Age painters focused on in their work marines, model studies and southern European motifs. Eckersberg, the period s leading artist, nourished, with a childhood on the Danish island of Als in the back of his mind, a special love for the maritime genre. This affection is for instance fully expressed in the work with the frigate Nymph from 1832, which adorns the front of the catalogue. He made extensive studies of the ships condition and the wind s influence on the sails, sea and sky, and no one mastered the genre with as much precision as Eckersberg (cat. no. 38). Eckersberg also paved the way for the use of naked female models in the teaching at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, which seen through contemporary eyes was highly controversial. One of his own early model studies of a young woman, who is seen weaving her hair, has found its way to the auction. In the periphery of the group of Golden Age artists stood L.A. Smith. He was a pupil of Eckersberg and followed in his footsteps with the offered painting of a half-naked and hair weaving woman (cat. no. 42 and 37). The period is also characterized by the artists broad outlook and wanderlust. They often set off to southern Europe to find artistic inspiration. Based on their experiences during these periods of studying abroad they created some of the most well known Golden Age art. Rørbye is represented with the Tower of the Winds from 1839, which depicts the famous weather station from antiquity near the Acropolis in Athens. With Købke we head to Capri with a piece from Marina Piccola from 1846, while Constantin Hansen focuses on Rome with the depiction of the Roman Forum and the Temple of Concordia from 1846 (cat. no. 30, 51 and 49).

10 C. W. Eckersberg and the Danish Golden Age In November it will be 30 years, since I took over the responsibility and management of Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers, after my father had passed away. Today, my two children, Alexa and Frederik, are both employed in the company, which has later become a family-owned stock company with the three of us as shareholders. A year ago I began to consider how best to celebrate this 30th anniversary. In this regard, I once again extend my thanks to the National Gallery of Denmark, which has always been helpful with advice and guidance. In this case, however, direct advice was not given. Instead it came to my attention that the museum was planning to show C.W. Eckersberg from his best side in the special exhibition A Beautiful Lie - Eckersberg. It seemed right to connect my anniversary with the museum s exhibition to achieve a synergy effect. Personally, I wanted to promote a subject dear to my heart, namely the Danish Golden Age of art. The period has for many years been overshadowed by many people s enthusiasm for more recent Danish painters - both from the artists colony in Skagen, the more colourful artists from the CoBrA movement and the representatives of the taut concrete art. I wanted to focus on Eckersberg, but that turned out to be a bit more difficult than expected. Danish and international museums have long been aware of the artist s unique qualities. This has meant that they have acquired a large number of his works, which in turn has resulted in fewer and fewer paintings left by Eckersberg on the art market. I am fortunate enough to be able to remember some of my father s auctions of Danish Golden Age art, including the sale of Agathe and Knud Neye s extraordinary collection, which was spread out over four auctions. Unfortunately, it is impossible to muster a similar selection of paintings today, so I extended the anniversary auction to include other artists of the period and chose the title C.W. Eckersberg and the Danish Golden Age. And this helped things move along! We have managed to gather a large number of significant paintings and drawings, which we are pleased to present to you at the preview, beginning on Thursday 19 November. In all modesty, our preview actually exceeds the exhibition at the National Gallery of Denmark in one aspect all of our paintings are for sale, which I hope many collectors in Denmark and abroad will find enticing. To truly show the quality of the paintings the catalogue will this time be published in a wide horizontal format. However, this has led to the comment: Are you doing this because you have so many drawing-room pieces, you want to sell? I will let the catalogue speak for itself on this issue, but I hope that you will bring it with you for your visit to the preview, which will take place in the newly painted showrooms on the 1st floor at Bredgade 33 in Copenhagen. Here we will offer a rare look into the period of Danish painting, which is probably the strongest, when the different periods in Danish art history is compared with other countries. Jesper Bruun Rasmussen

11 Den Danske Guldalder På årets sidste auktion i Bredgade sætter vi fokus på guldalderen med et udvalg af de fremmeste kunstnere som fx C.W. Eckersberg, Martinus Rørbye og Christen Købke. I Danmark er første halvdel af 1800-tallet kendetegnet ved et blomstrende kunst- og åndsliv trods tidens ellers store samfundsmæssige problemer Københavns bombardement i 1801, tabet af flåden i 1807, statsbankerotten i 1813 og tabet af Norge i Nationen havde brug for genrejsning, og det dannede grobund for nogle af de bedste litterære og billedkunstneriske værker i dansk kulturhistorie. Vi kaster lys over tre områder, som de danske guldaldermalere kredsede om mariner, modelstudier og sydeuropæiske motiver. Periodens frontfigur Eckersberg nærede med en opvækst på Als i bagagen en særlig kærlighed til den maritime genre som til fulde udtrykkes i værket med fregatten Nymfen fra 1832, der pryder forsiden af kataloget. Han foretog indgående studier af skibenes beskaffenhed og vindforholdenes betydning for sejlenes, havets og himlens udseende, og ingen beherskede genren med så stor præcision som ham (kat.nr. 38). Eckersberg banede også vejen for brugen af nøgne kvindelige modeller i undervisningen på kunstakademiet, hvilket set med datidens øjne var temmelig kontroversielt. Et af hans egne tidlige modelstudier af en ung kvinde, der fletter sit hår, har fundet vej til auktionen. I periferien af guldalderkunstnere stod L.A. Smith, der var elev af Eckersberg og fulgte i hans fodspor med den udbudte skildring af en halvnøgen, hårflettende kvinde (kat.nr. 42 og 37). Perioden er også kendetegnet ved kunstnernes brede udsyn og udlængsel. De vendte i flæng næsen mod Sydeuropa for at finde kunstnerisk inspiration, og på baggrund af deres oplevelser under studieopholdene skabte de nogle af de mest kendte guldalderværker. Rørbye er repræsenteret med Vindenes Taarn fra 1839, der gengiver antikkens berømte vejr-station ved Akropolis i Athen. Med Købke drager vi til Capri med et parti fra Marina Piccola fra 1846, mens det med Constantin Hansen gælder Rom med skildringen af Forum Romanum og Concordia-templet fra 1846 (kat.nr. 30, 51 og 49).

12 C.W. Eckersberg og Den Danske Guldalder I november for 30 år siden overtog jeg ansvaret og ledelsen af Bruun Rasmussen Kunstauktioner, efter min far var gået bort. I dag er mine to børn Alexa og Frederik begge ansat i firmaet, som siden er blevet et familieaktieselskab med os tre som aktionærer. For et års tid siden begyndte jeg at fundere over, hvordan jeg bedst kunne tænke mig at fejre sådan et jubilæum. I den forbindelse vil jeg endnu en gang rette en stor tak til Statens Museum for Kunst, der som altid er os behjælpelige med råd og vejledning. I dette tilfælde var der dog ikke tale om et direkte råd, men det kom mig for øre, at de planlagde at vise C.W. Eckersberg fra hans bedste side i særudstillingen En smuk løgn Eckersberg. Det ville være oplagt at koble mit jubilæum op på museets udstilling for at opnå en synergieffekt. Personligt ville jeg gerne slå på tromme for noget, der ligger mit hjerte nært, nemlig Den Danske Guldalder. Perioden har i en lang årrække været overskygget af manges begejstring for de senere malere både fra kunstnerkolonien i Skagen, de mere farverige fra Cobrabevægelsen og repræsentanter for den stramme konkrete kunst. Jeg ville gerne sætte fokus på Eckersberg, men det viste sig at være en lidt sværere opgave end først antaget. Danske og internationale museer har for længst fået øjnene op for kunstnerens særegne kvaliteter. Det har medført, at de har erhvervet et stort antal af hans værker, hvorfor udbuddet på kunstmarkedet er blevet mere og mere begrænset. Jeg er så heldig at kunne huske en række af min fars auktioner over guldalderkunst, heriblandt dem med Agathe og Knud Neyes store private kunstsamling, der blev fordelt over fire auktioner. Det er desværre umuligt at mønstre i dag, så jeg udvidede jubilæumsauktionen til at omfatte andre af periodens kunstnere og valgte at give den titlen C.W. Eckersberg og den danske guldalder. Og så gik det ligesom lidt bedre! Det er lykkedes os at indsamle en lang række betydelige malerier og tegninger, som vi glæder os til at fremvise på eftersynet, der starter torsdag den 19. november. Sagt i al beskedenhed på et særligt punkt overgår vores eftersyn langt udstillingen på SMK vores værker er alle til salg, hvilket jeg håber mange samlere i ind- og udland vil finde attraktivt. For at værkerne for alvor kan komme til deres ret, er kataloget denne gang i bredformat. Det har imidlertid affødt kommentaren: Er det fordi, I har så mange sofastykker, I gerne vil sælge? Jeg vil lade kataloget tale for sig selv, men jeg håber, at man med det i hånden vil besøge eftersynet, der finder sted i de nymalede rum på 1. sal i Bredgade 33 i København. Her byder vi på et sjældent godt kig ind i den periode i dansk malerkunst, der vel nok står stærkest sammenlignet med udlandet. Jesper Bruun Rasmussen

13 C.W. ECKERSBERG AND THE DANISH GOLDEN AGE INDEX LOTS 1-70 PAINTINGS 17TH - 20TH CENTURY INDEX LOTS A M A L Abildgaard, N. A. 65, 67 B Bille, Carl 47 Brendstrup, Thorald 52 Bærentzen, Emil 8, 9 D Dahl, I. C. 1, 17, 36 Dreyer, Dankvart 33 E Eckersberg, C. W. 6, 7, 15, 24 29, 38, 42, 50 54, 55, 60, 61 H Hansen, Constantin 2, 49 Harboe, Eleonore Christine 45 Hellesen, Hanne 46 Holm, H. G. F. 69, 70 J Jensen, C. A. 5, 13, 25, 26, 56 Jensen, I. L. 10 K Købke, Christen 18, 34, 43 44, 51, 57 L Lund, Bernt 62 Lundbye, Johan Thomas 3, 4, 23 32, 66, 68 Lunde, Anders 11, 19 Marstrand, Wilhelm 14 Meyer, Elias 64 P Petzholdt, Fritz 20 Prömmel, Julius 48 R Richardt, Ferdinand 27, 63 Rosenberg, Friedrich 28 Rørbye, Martinus 12, 21 22, 30, 53 S Skovgaard, P. C. 31, 35, 59 Smith, L. A. 37, 41 Sonne, Jørgen 58 Sørensen, C. F. 39, 40 T Thøming, Friedrich 16 d Agar, Jacob, ascribed to 139 Ambros, Raphael von 135 Ancher, Anna 75, 78, 85 Ancher, Michael 74, 79, 80, 81 82, 83, 84, 88, 90, 91, 92, 93 Arnesen, Vilhelm 126 B Balen, Hendrick van, school of 145 Brendekilde, H. A. 100, 122 Bøgh, Carl 108, 109 C Cramer, Peter 137 D Dahl, Michael, ascribed to 149 Dahl, Siegwald 110 Drillenberg, Willem van, ascribed to 146 F Fischer, Paul 115, 116, , 121, 124 G Gerhard, Johan Friedrich 141 H Henningsen, Erik 119 Holsøe, Carl 117, 125 I Italian painter, 17th century 147, 150 J Johansen, Viggo 87 K Krause, Robert 103 Krøyer, P. S. 73, 76 la Cour, Janus 102, 106, 111 Larsen, Johannes 113 Locher, Carl 71, 72, 89 Lorentzen, C. A. 138 M Melbye, Vilhelm 131 Moltke, Harald 132 Morland, George, after 136 Mølsted, Christian 127 Mønsted, Peder 98, 99, , 107, 123 P Petersen, Emanuel A. 130, 133, 134 Pillement, Jean-Baptiste, style of 143 Prague school, c R Raphael, after 148 Rasmussen, I. E. C. 129 Ring, L. A. 95, 96, 97 Ring, Ole 112 Rubens, P. P. 144 S Scacciati, Andrea, style of 140 T Tuxen, Laurits 77, 94 W Wilhjelm, Johannes 86 Z Zacho, Christian 128 Zahrtmann, Kristian 101 Zeuthen, C. O BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 861

14 SPECIALISTS IN FINE ART Paintings and russian art Martin Hans Borg Paintings Birte Stokholm Paintings Julie Arendse Voss Paintings Søren K. Holmstrup Paintings and furniture Frederik Bruun Rasmussen Silver and branding Alexa Bruun Rasmussen Layout Jesper Bruun Rasmussen Director of sales Kasper Nielsen Lot 49 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

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17 1 1 I. C. DAHL b. Bergen 1788, d. Dresden 1857 View from the Elbe Valley with high cloudy sky. Unsigned. Oil on paper laid on board x 18.5 cm. Provenance: Advocate of the Supreme Court Stein, his estate auction, Bruun Rasmussen auction 9, 1949 no. 35. DKK 75, ,000 / 10,000-13, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 861

18 2 2 CONSTANTIN HANSEN b. Rome 1804, d. Frederiksberg 1880 "Parti af Møens Klint". View of Møens Klint. Signed and dated C. H. 27. Oil on paper laid on cardboard. 23 x 33 cm. Emil Hannover, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Constantin Hansen no. 26. Provenance: Emil Hannover (1901). One of the artist's few known early landscape studies. DKK 40,000-60,000 / 5,350-8,050 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

19 3 JOHAN THOMAS LUNDBYE b. Kalundborg 1818, d. Bedsted 1848 "Sjællandsk bondegård fra Tisvildeegnen". A farm near Tisvilde, Denmark. Signed with monogram and dated Drawing ink on paper. Sheet size 16 x 25 cm. Exhibited: Kunstforeningen, "Johan Thomas Lundbye", 1954 no. 35. Literature: Reproduced in Karl Madsen "Johan Thomas Lundbye ", 1895, p Provenance: Kunstforeningen (1895). Head of department Bøgh-Andersen (1954). Bøgh-Andersen's family until today. DKK 15,000-20,000 / 2,000-2, JOHAN THOMAS LUNDBYE b. Kalundborg 1818, d. Bedsted 1848 Cows and horses at a well. In the background Roskilde Cathedral. Signed and dated Johan Th. Lundbye 25. September Pencil on paper. 30 x 38.5 cm. Unframed. Provenance: Bruun Rasmussen auction 259, 1971 no DKK 10,000-15,000 / 1,350-2, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 861

20 5 C. A. JENSEN b. Bredsted near Husum 1792, d. Copenhagen 1870 Portrait of Adam Oehlenschläger in buttoned black coat with miniature decorations and a black vest. White cravat tied in a bow. Signed and dated on the back of the chair Iensen Oil on canvas x 22.5 cm. Sigurd Schultz, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of C. A. Jensen no Exhibited: Copenhagen, "Rådhusudstillingen af Dansk Kunst indtil 1890", 1901 no Bakkehusudstillingen 1902 no. 71. Literature: Mentioned and reproduced in Baroness Stampe's memoirs about Thorvaldsen, Copenhagen 1912 p. 43. The Baroness' memoirs was based on posthumous records published by her granddaughter Rigmor Stampe ( ) in Provenance: Curator Chr. Axel Jensen, Nationalmuseet (the National Museum of Denmark), Copenhagen (1932). Bruun Rasmussen auction 293, 1973 no. 112, reproduced p. 13. Adam Oehlenschläger is considered to be Denmark's first great romantic writer. His most famous works are Denmark's national anthem "Der er et yndigt land" and the poem "Guldhornene", dated 1802, considered to be the work heralding the beginning of Romanticism in Denmark. DKK 100, ,000 / 13,500-20,000 5 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

21 6 6 C. W. ECKERSBERG b. Blåkrog near Aabenraa 1783, d. Copenhagen 1853 Luftstudie med anlagte Skibe. A study of the sky with an outline of ships. C Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 15 x 29 cm. Emil Hannover, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of C. W. Eckersberg no Provenance: Presumably Eckersberg s estate auction 1854, listed under (in Danish) Sketches, unfinished paintings and drawings, no The heirs of commodore, harbour master W. Lüders (1898). DKK 75, ,000 / 10,000-17,000 7 C. W. ECKERSBERG b. Blåkrog near Aabenraa 1783, d. Copenhagen 1853 Seascape with sailing ships. Signed E. Drawing ink and wash on paper. Sheet size 10.5 x 16 cm. Provenance: Julie Eckersberg, C. W. Eckersberg's daughter. DKK 30,000-50,000 / 4,000-6, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 861

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23 8 8 8 EMIL BÆRENTZEN b. Copenhagen 1799, d. s.p A pair of portraits. Hartvig Frederik Emil Benzon ( ), Master of the Royal Hunt and his wife Emilie Benzon ( ). He in a blue uniform jacket with gold braid. She with long ringlets and an elegant white gown with lace. Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 29 x 25 cm and 29 x 24 cm. (2). Exhibited: Teatermuseet i Hofteatret in Copenhagen, "Emil Bærentzen - en portrætkunstner i Guldalderens Danmark", 2014 no. 27 and no. 28. Excellency Hartvig Frederik Emil von Benzon, son of a chamberlain, landowner Christian Frederik Otto von Benzon to Christiansdal (Dalum Convent) at Odense. As Hartvig Frederick was not the eldest son, his father bought him an Austro-Hungarian office patent. In 1844 he married the heir of an estate Emilie von Dorry der Jobterhazar, née Lazar. While he was serving in the Austro-Hungarian army, they stayed most of the time on her estate in Hungary. After her death in 1871 he returned to Christiansdal where he died 13 November a few months after his father. Provenance: Descendants after the portrayed until today. DKK 30,000-40,000 / 4,000-5, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 861

24 9 EMIL BÆRENTZEN b. Copenhagen 1799, d. s.p Portrait of the actress and author Johanne Luise Heiberg ( ). Unsigned. On the reverse a letter from the artist's granddaughter mentioning the painting. Oil on cardboard. 33 x 26 cm. The painting is a smaller repetition/study with a few variations of Emil Bærentzen's famous portrait of Johanne Luise Heiberg. That one at Thorvaldsen's Museum. Johanne Luise Heiberg was one of the greatest and most famous actresses of the Romantic period. Johanne Louise Heiberg came from a poor background but rose socially to the top after her marriage to the writer Johan Ludvig Heiberg and through him she also got to know contemporary poets such as Adam Oehlenschlæger and Henrik Hertz. They wrote specific roles for her, as did her husband. DKK 30,000-50,000 / 4,000-6, I. L. JENSEN b. Copenhagen 1800, d. s.p White and pink roses on a sill. Signed I. L. Jensen. Oil on panel. 22 x 28.5 cm. DKK 30,000-40,000 / 4,000-5,350 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

25 12 MARTINUS RØRBYE b. Drammen 1803, d. Copenhagen 1848 "Udsigt fra Akropolis ved Aften, Ruiner i Baggrunden, nogle Figurer i Landskabet." A view from Acropolis in the evening, ruins in the background, some figures in the landscape Unsigned. Oil on paper laid on canvas. 30 x 41 cm. Thorvaldsen's Museum, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Martinus Rørbye no Exhibited: Kunstforeningen, "Fortegnelse over M. Rørbyes arbejder", 1905 no. 86. Provenance: The artist's estate auction 1849 no. 64. Bought here by the Danish art collector Benjamin Wolff ( ), his descendants until today, among others Master of the Royal Hunt G. Wolff-Sneedorf, Grevensvænge (1905). 11 ANDERS LUNDE b. Copenhagen 1809, d. s.p "Nerafloden ved Narni med Kejser Augustus' Bro". The river Nera at Narni north of Rome with the Bridge of Augustus. Signed A. Lunde Narni. Oil on paper laid on canvas. 39 x 53 cm. Provenance: Consul General Johan Hansen's collection no. 1160, his auctions, Part VI, Winkel & Magnussen 131, 1933 no DKK 75, ,000 / 10,000-13, Benjamin Wolff expanded his fortune as a merchant in the East Indies in the years 1817 to Back in Denmark he purchased the manor Engelholm in 1830 and later Grevensvænge at Mogenstrup. In 1832 he married Juliane Louise Sneedorff. The painting has not been on the market since the artist's estate auction, and according to the present owner the painting has never been cleaned or the like, hence appears in an untouched state. The motif is actually "View towards Acropolis", and the ruins in the background are among others Parthenon on top of the Acropolis. This is probably why the painting in 1905 was exhibited with a question mark after the title, which originates from the artist's estate auction. DKK 600, ,000 / 80, , BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 861

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27 14 WILHELM MARSTRAND b. Copenhagen 1810, d. s.p Study of a group of Italian women. Unsigned. Inscribed on the reverse W. Marstrand. Oil on cardboard. 31 x 24 cm. DKK 10,000-15,000 / 1,350-2, C. A. JENSEN 13 b. Bredsted near Husum 1792, d. Copenhagen 1870 Portrait of Nicolaus Conrad Count de Lunzi from Zante Greece ( ) in black jacket with red rose, champagne colored vest, shirt with frill. Signed and dated Jensen Oil on copper x 14.5 cm. Period frame. Sigurd Schultz, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of C. A. Jensen no. 23, mentioned p Exhibited: Kunstforeningen, "Arbejder af Chr. Albr. Jensen", 1922 no. 6. Bakkehusmuseet, Frederiksberg August January Provenance: The painter Laurits Tuxen. His widow Frederikke Tuxen. Descendants of the Tuxen family until today. DKK 20,000-25,000 / 2,700-3, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 861

28 15 C. W. ECKERSBERG b. Blåkrog near Aabenraa 1783, d. Copenhagen 1853 "En falden Piges Historie". The story of a fallen girl. Part I, The lover flees through the window Oil on canvas. 34 x 28 cm. Emil Hannover, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works C. W. Eckersberg no. 42. Exhibited: Kunstforeningen, "C.W. Eckersberg-udstillingen", 1895 no. 22. Provenance: Lieutenant Mathiesen, who sold all four paintings to wine dealer J. B. Sandberg for 60 Rigsdaler. At the Sandberg auction in March 1871 all four were sold to Mr. Alfred Meyer for 201 Rigsdaler. Later in the collection of Mrs. Councillor Heyman. Sold at the Heyman auction in April 1917, no. 88. Later in the Swedish industrialist and art collector Falk Simon's collection. The series "The Story of a Fallen Girl", consists of four small paintings, which all are engraved by G. L. Lahde and by C. F. Clemens. The titles are: Part I, The Lover Flees though the Window; Part II, The Mother negotiates with a Gentleman on the Girl's behalf; Part III, In a poor attic, the Girl does her make-up before leaving for a masked ball. Part IV, The former Beauty is begging by the harbour, her old lover walks by but he does not recognize her. The tragic story is told by Philip Weilbach in his Eckersberg biography, 1872, p. 18. DKK 100, ,000 / 13,500-20, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

29 16 FRIEDRICH THØMING b. Eckernförde 1802, d. Naples 1873 View of the Bay of Naples, bright sunshine. Signed and dated FThöming (in one word) Oil on canvas. 45 x 65 cm. Damborg bobinet frame. DKK 75, ,000 / 10,000-13, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 861

30 17 I. C. DAHL b. Bergen 1788, d. Dresden 1857 "A ruin in the neighborhood of Castel Mare". Signed and dated Dahl Oil on paper laid on canvas. 32 x 44 cm. On the stretcher barony Zeuthen's crowned wax seal. Elisabeth Lødrup Bang, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of I. C. Dahl no. 584, referred to as "Present whereabouts unknown". Presumably exhibited at Charlottenborg 1829 no. 199 (supplement) titled "A ruin in the neighborhood of Castel Mare", which was an equivalent to no. 198 "Castel Mare, seen from the shore", both owned by C. F. Zeuthen, Groom in Waiting (kammerjunker). 17 A drawing for the painting is reproduced in Elisabeth Lødrup Bang, Vol III, plate 243 no Here two small drawings on paper with motifs of a man and a woman in conversation and a man with donkeys have been attached to the drawing. The drawing is dated Provenance: Tølløse manor house, the Schulin- Zeuthen family until today. DKK 150, ,000 / 20,000-27,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

31 18 CHRISTEN KØBKE b. Copenhagen 1810, d. s.p "Portrait af en Fiskerdreng fra Capri." Portrait of a young fisher boy from Capri. The boy is holding a fishing rod in his left hand and a basket in his right hand. C Signed or inscribed Købke Capri. Oil on paper laid on cardboard. 31 x 26 cm. Exhibited: Kunstforeningen, "Christen Købke", 1953 no. 95 (and not no. 96 as indicated in handwriting on the reverse of the painting). Here with the comment (in Danish): "Inscribed not with the painter's hand: Købke Capri." In the Catalogues Raisonné by Mario Krohn (1915) and Jørgen Folmer and Iben From (1996) three versions of the present motif are mentioned (in both Catalogues Raisonné no. 177, 178 and 179). It does not seem as if the painting here is among the three - all in private Danish collections in of which two are cited as unsigned (no. 177: measuring 31 x 25.5 cm and no. 179: measuring 30 x 24 cm) and one is cited as signed C. K. 44 (no. 178: measuring 29.7 x 26.2 cm). Although the exhibition in Kunstforeningen in 1953 suggests that the painting is no. 179 in the Catalogue Raisonné from Due to the comment in the exhibition catalogue from 1953 (see above) regarding the inscription Købke Capri, we are confident that the present painting was in the exhibition and sold at Bruun Rasmussen auction 431, 1981 no Provenance: K. J. Grønbech, wholesaler. Bruun Rasmussen auction 431, 1981 no. 311, reproduced p. 39. A Danish collection of Golden Age paintings. Hans Edvard Nørregård-Nielsen refers to the motif in "Christen Købke Italien tur-retur", p. 182 (in Danish): "The slender, bronze-coloured young boy is the embodiment of the local population that the Golden Age painters were searching for in this part of Italy, along the coast previously inhabited by Greeks. The boy, with his red Phrygian cap, is the aged Greeks' descendant on his way to replace them in doing the day's work along the coast". The island Capri was "discovered" by artists and travellers in the beginning of the 1820s at the time when Herculanum and Pompeii were excavated. A great interest in and fascination of the region around Naples, the Amalfi coast and Capri arose. The Danish heir to the throne Christian Frederik (VIII) and his wife Caroline Amalie visited Capri in The painter I. C. Dahl stayed there for a longer time. The sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen and the painter Thöming went there in Petzholdt painted many landscapes from the region and those works inspired Købke to travel to Capri with his friend Constantin Hansen. They spent several months there in Købke's enthusiasm for Capri and its people can be seen in the many works - both studies and finished works - of the inhabitants (the young fishing boy for instance) and the landscapes. Even his member piece for the Royal Academy of Fine Arts was a motif from Capri. That one to be sold as lot 51 in this catalogue. DKK 300, ,000 / 40,000-47, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 861

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33 19 ANDERS LUNDE b. Copenhagen 1809, d. s.p View of the Bay of Naples near Sorrento with wild olive trees. Unsigned. Oil on paper laid on canvas x 36.5 cm. A painting by the artist with the same motif, however with the measurements 69 x 103 cm, was sold at Bruun Rasmussen auction 737, 2004, lot. no for 220,000 DKK. DKK 20,000-30,000 / 2,700-4, FRITZ PETZHOLDT b. Copenhagen 1805, d. Patras 1838 "Et opsadlet æsel, set fra siden". A saddled donkey, seen from the side. Unsigned. Inscribed on the back (in Danish): "F. Petzholdt. Belonging to G. Collin". Oil on paper laid on canvas. 15 x 21.5 cm. Henry Tuxen's unpublished Catalogue Raisonné of 50 Works of Fritz Petzholdt in a private collection 1942/43 no. 8. Provenance: G. Collin. G. Collin was Petzholdt's brother-in-law, and it is his handwriting on the back of the canvas. G. Collin wrote on the back when he framed Petzholdt's paintings. Works by the painter F. Petzholdt rarely come up for sale. He was only 33 years old when he died and left only a small production of paintings. DKK 10,000-15,000 / 1,350-2, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 861

34 21 21 MARTINUS RØRBYE b. Drammen 1803, d. Copenhagen 1848 "En græsk Skrædder". A Greek tailor. Signed and dated M. Rørbye Oil on paper laid on canvas. 24 x 32 cm. Thorvaldsen Museum, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Martinus Rørbye no The charming painting of the Greek tailor deeply focused on the day's work, is a repetition of no. 231 in the inventory. Martinus Rørbye's paintings were extremely popular already in his own time, and he made several repetitions of several of his works, the best known is "A reading abate." DKK 250, ,000 / 33,500-40,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

35 22 MARTINUS RØRBYE b. Drammen 1803, d. Copenhagen 1848 Steep cliffs at the west coast of Jutland. Unsigned. Oil on paper. 19 x 24 cm. The motif is very similar to" The beach at Lønstrup" from 1848, that one reproduced in "Martinus Rørbye. Det nære og det fjerne", 2014, p. 53 fig. 42. DKK 30,000 / 4, JOHAN THOMAS LUNDBYE b. Kalundborg 1818, d. Bedsted 1848 "Erindringstegning fra Arresø". Landscape from Arresø, drawn from memory. Signed and dated Johan Thomas Lundbye den 4 April 1840 Kjöbenhavn. Drawing ink on paper. Sheet size 11.2 x 18.4 cm. Exhibited: Kunstforeningen, "Johan Thomas Lundbye", 1954 no. 23. Literature: Reproduced in Karl Madsen "Johan Thomas Lundbye ", 1949, p Provenance: Engineer H. Claudius (1949). Head of department Bøgh-Andersen (1954). Bøgh-Andersen's family until today. DKK 15,000-20,000 / 2,000-2, C. W. ECKERSBERG b. Blåkrog near Aabenraa 1783, d. Copenhagen 1853 "En krydsende Krigscorvet i Vending". A crossing war corvette while turning Signed E. Inscribed by the artist "En krydsende Krigscorvet i Vending, dens Fokkermast er fjernet 200 Alen. Skibets Diametralplan afviger 50 Gr fra Billedets Paralel. Hoveddistancen 20 Tommer" (A crossing war corvette while turning. Its foremast is removed 400 feet. The ship s middle-line plane deviates 50 degrees from the picture s parallel. The principle distance is 20 inches). Inscribed in drawing ink N 22 and in pencil 249. Drawing ink and wash on paper. Sheet size 24.5 x 31 cm. Unframed. Provenance: The estate auction of the late C. W. Eckersberg January 1855 no. 249, described (in Danish) "a Corvette. Indian ink; very elaborate". DKK 60,000-80,000 / 8,050-10, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 861

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37 25 C. A. JENSEN b. Bredsted near Husum 1792, d. Copenhagen 1870 Portrait of P. O. Brøndsted ( ) classical archaeologist and professor of classical philology, in double-breasted blue coat with ribbon of the Order of Dannebrog in the buttonhole. He is holding a book in his right hand. On his finger a signet ring with a red gem Signed Jensen p. Oil on canvas. 27 x 20.5 cm. Period frame. Sigurd Schultz, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of C. A. Jensen no. 329, mentioned p. 342 and 344. Exhibited: København, "Rådhusudstillingen af Dansk Kunst indtil 1890", 1901 no Kunstforeningen, "Arbejder af Chr. Albr. Jensen", 1922 no Provenance: The painter Laurits Tuxen. His widow Frederikke Tuxen. Descendants of the Tuxen family until today. DKK 25,000-35,000 / 3,350-4, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 861

38 26 C. A. JENSEN b. Bredsted near Husum 1792, d. Copenhagen 1870 Portrait of architect and classical archaeologist Charles Robert Cocquerell/Cockerell ( ). Signed and dated Jensen p. London Oil on canvas. 29 x 23 cm. Period frame. Sigurd Schultz, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of C. A. Jensen no Exhibited: Charlottenborg 1839 no. 18, painted in London for State Councillor Brønsted. Copenhagen, "Rådhusudstillingen af Dansk Kunst indtil 1890", 1901 no Guildhall, London, "Exhibition of Works by Danish Painters" 1907 no Kunstforeningen, "Arbejder af maleren Chr. Albr. Jensen" 1922 no The painting was lent to Bakkehusmuseet, Frederiksberg August 1990-January Literature: Kunstens Historie i Danmark, edited by Carl Madsen , reproduced Professor P. O. Brøndsted, who was C. A. Jensen's patron in Rome when he was a young painter, commisioned Jensen to paint some of his British science colleagues in London among others C. R. Cockerell. Sigurd Schultz describes in enthusiastic terms the portrait in the biography "C. A. Jensen", 1932 p. 338 (in Danish): "The portrait of Cockerell shines with the cordiality that was Jensen's finest personal ability as a portraitist. Cockerell was a handsome man. The waving hair suits his quiet seriousness and the bright smile of the eyes. His eyes are remarkably expressive. They willingly follow the painter working in front of him." In addition, Schultz praises Jensen's fine combination of colour in the painting. Provenance: The painter Laurits Tuxen. His widow Frederikke Tuxen. Descendants of the Tuxen family until today. DKK 30,000-50,000 / 4,000-6, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

39 27 FERDINAND RICHARDT b. Brede 1819, d. Oakland, California 1895 A Danish summer landscape with a storm coming up. Signed and dated Ferdinand Richardt Oil on canvas. 86 x 125 cm. Presumably exhibited at Charlottenborg in 1847 no. 168 with the title "Skovparti, uroligt Veir. Motivet taget ved Frederiksborg" (Forest scene, changeable weather. The motif is from Frederiksborg). DKK 40,000-50,000 / 5,350-6, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 861

40 28 28 FRIEDRICH ROSENBERG b. Danzig 1758, d. Altona 1833 View of the Elbe with the country house Abbéma. Signed and dated Rosenberg Oil on canvas x 72.5 cm. The country house Abbéma was built in 1795 after the architect C. F. Hansen's design to the Batavian ambassador Abbéma on the banks of the Elbe. The country house was ready for habitation during the years The house was sold in 1798 to the French emigrant C. l. C. Rainville. The country house was converted into a restaurant and the garden was laid out in terraces down to the river. The house was demolished in 1867 and a maritime school was built on the premises and the garden was laid out as a puplic park. Friedrich Rosenberg is mentioned in Weilbach's dictionary of artists. The present painting is referred to (in Danish): "View of the Elbe, Altona, Rainville, with the now demolished Haus Abbéma, designed by C. F. Hansen." He exhibited at Charlottenborg in 1826 and DKK 150, ,000 / 20,000-27,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

41 29 C. W. ECKERSBERG b. Blåkrog near Aabenraa 1783, d. Copenhagen 1853 "Landskab med en Kirke, i hvis Taarn er indsat et Uhr". Landscape with a church with a real clock inserted in the tower. Unsigned. Dated Oil on panel. 60 x 45. Emil Hannover, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of C. W. Eckersberg no. 55. Provenance: Baron Schaffalitzky de Muckadell, Rynkebygård, Funen. C. W. Eckersberg received the gold medal of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in 1809 and with that one in hand the opportunity to receive one of the sought-after travel grants to study abroad. Before leaving Denmark for Paris and later Rome he went to Møen, where he spent the summer of The result was a series of unique landscape paintings. The present painting with a Danish village church near the sea could be painted on the trip to Møen. It is an unusual painting by Eckersberg. A real clock is placed in the bell tower. A picture clock or in Danish a "skilderiur" is often seen in German and Swiss art but is very rare in Danish art and this one painted by such a talented painter as Eckersberg. Outside the entrance to the church stands a stout lord with his daughter, who is pointing towards her brother, who is offering the weary wanderer a dime. DKK 250, ,000 / 33,500-47, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 861

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43 30 MARTINUS RØRBYE b. Drammen 1803, d. Copenhagen 1848 "Vindenes Taarn i Athen. Figurerne i Costume fra forskiellige Egne af Grækenland". Tower of the Winds, Athens. The figures dressed in costumes from different parts of Greece. Signed and dated M. Rørbye Oil on canvas. 60 x 80 cm. Thorvaldsen's Museum, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Martinus Rørbye no Exhibited: Charlottenborg 1839 no. 274 (supplement). Purchased by Kunstforeningen, won by war commissioner Albeck. Kunstforeningen, "Fortegnelse over M. Rørbyes arbejder", 1905 no. 86. Literature: Reproduced, "Samleren", 1936 p Herman Madsen, "200 danske malere og deres værker" (200 Danish painters and their works) vol. 1, 1946 p. 99, figure 5. "Kunst i Privat Eje" (Art in Private Collections, vol. 1, 1944, p. 301, here Herman Madsen makes the following remarks (in Danish): "A splendid picture in the collection of mrs. Kirk is Martinus Rørbye's sun glittering Tower of the Winds in Athens. He was the first Danish artist of importance, who found a new and surprising type of motifs in Greece, where a more oriental lifestyle differed greatly from that of Italy. Provenance: War commissioner Albreck, wine merchant J. B Sandberg, sold at auction in 1871 to merchant C. Albreck. Albreck's widow (1905). Emilie Kirk's art collection (1944). Bruun Rasmussen auction 227, 1968 no. 227, reproduced p. 19. Bruun Rasmussen auction 658, 1999 no. 248, reproduced p. 95. According to Rørbye's diary, he began a study for the painting (30 x 41) on February 29 and he finished it on March (in Danish): "In the morning I started on a small study of the Tower of the Winds, a good motif for folkloristic scenes, because a lot of people visit the fountain fetching water." The study is owned by Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen. That one reproduced above. Martinus Rørbye: The Tower of Winds, study. (Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen) In Hans Christian Andersen's novel "En digters Basar" (A Poet's Bazaar) dated 1842, Andersen describes the location seen in the painting so exactly that he either must have seen the sketch or the exhibited painting from Herman Madsen recounts, in the book mentioned above, about the Tower (in Danish): "Tower of the Winds" is located below Acropolis's northern slope and is an interesting Prehistorical Memorial. The name comes from a former figure on top showing the wind's direction. The reliefs symbolize the different winds. Inside the tower there was a water clock, which indicated the time. It has in other words, been a scientific building. Rørbye's painting gives an amusing impression of the oriental splendor that characterized urban life in Athens for more than a century ago". DKK 2,000,000-3,000,000 / 270, , BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 861

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45 31 31 P. C. SKOVGAARD b. Ringsted 1817, d. Copenhagen 1875 Landscape near Silkeborg with Himmelbjerget (Mount Heaven!) in the background. A wanderer stands at the edge of the lake. Unsigned. Dated 8 Sept Oil on canvas. 40 x 57 cm. DKK 40,000-50,000 / 5,350-6, JOHAN THOMAS LUNDBYE b. Kalundborg 1818, d. Bedsted 1848 "Studie af en død svale". Study of a dead swallow. Signed and dated Johan Thomas Lundbye Kallb. Juli Oil on canvas laid on cardboard. 7 x 15 cm. Karl Madsen, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of J. Th. Lundbye no. 33. Exhibited: Kunstforeningen, "Arbejder af Johan Thomas Lundbye", 1893 no. 17. Provenance: Accountant C. F. Bayer. Art dealer Axel Duckert. Professor, doctor of Medicine Johs. Bock. Sculptress Gudrun Lauesen. DKK 30,000 / 4, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 861

46 33 33 DANKVART DREYER b. Assens 1816, d. Barløse 1852 Landscape north of Assens with a view towards Emtekær Nor (cove) and Wedelsborg peninsula. Unsigned. Oil on panel. 16 x 23.5 cm. Provenance: The architect, professor at the School of Architecture (Kunstakademiets Arkitekturskole) Steen Eiler Rasmussen. 32 The dark stacks to the left of the painting is turf or bricks. There was once a brickyard there. The long dark line in the foreground is not a stone wall, but something which has been spread out on the ground to dry, presumably tuf. The bricks were dried in the white building and the tuf dried on the soil. DKK 40,000-50,000 / 5,350-6,700 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

47 34 CHRISTEN KØBKE b. Copenhagen 1810, d. s.p Portrait of Købke's sister Conradine Købke in her childhood home at Kastellet (the Citadel) in Copenhagen. Signed and dated C. K Oil on canvas. 94 x 64 cm. Emil Hannover, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Christen Købke no. 46. Mario Krohn, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Christen Købke no. 45. Jørgen Folmer and Iben From, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Christen Købke no. 45. Exhibited: "Raadhusudstillingen af Dansk Kunst til 1890", 1901 no Kunstforeningen, "Fortegnelse over Købkes Malerier, 1912 no. 45. Kunstforeningen, "Christen Købke", 1953 no. 29. Statens Museum for Kunst, "Christen Købke ", 1996 no. 45, reproduced p. 65. Literature: Peter Beck, "Nikolaj Laurentius Feilbergs levnedsløb og kredsen omkring ham", Herning 1981 p. 19. Provenance: Given as a present by Christen Købke to his sister Conradine and his brother-in-law Nicolaj Laurentius Feilberg at their wedding Pastor, dr. phil. H. F. Feilberg (1901, 1912). Descendants of the portrayed until today. Conradine was Christen Købkes favorite sister so therefore he wanted to give the young couple the best and to him it was a full length portrait of Conradine in her childhood home. She is standing at the window, where the outside light brightens her young lovely face. DKK 1,000,000-1,200,000 / 135, , BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 861

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49 36 I. C. DAHL b. Bergen 1788, d. Dresden 1857 "Nordic landscape with a thatched cottage". Signed and dated J. Dahl Oil on canvas. 47 x 63. Elisabeth Lødrup Bang, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of I. C. Dahl no. 52. This painting is a classical example of Dahl's "Nordic landscapes" from his time in Denmark, where he stayed in the years At this time Dahl was very inspired by the old baroque masters, which he studied in the different collections in Copenhagen - in particular in the Royal Chamber of Arts (later the National Gallery of Denmark). The term "Nordic landscape" covers an imaginary, but in Dahl's mind basic Norwegian landscape. Lødrup writes the following about the painting: "The contrapostal grouping of the features in the different picture planes derives from the baroque landscapes Dahl could study in the great collections in Copenhagen" (Marie Lødrup Bang, "Johan Christian Dahl , Oslo 1987, p. 47). 35 P. C. SKOVGAARD b. Ringsted 1817, d. Copenhagen 1875 View of the pond near the King's "Badstue" (bath) at Frederiksborg. Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 65 x 76 cm. The artist's own repetition of "Parti af Badstuedammen ved Frederiksborg", that one signed and dated P. C. S DKK 30,000 / 4, Provenance: Auction director Johan Christian Fick ( ). The Danish art collector Benjamin Wolff ( ), his descendants until today. The two art collectors J. C. Fick and Benjamin Wolff were very good friends and knew I. C. Dahl personally. J. C. Fick was this painting's first owner and the brother-in-law and friend of Benjamin Wulff, the second owner of the painting. In 1825 Fick founded Kunstforeningen in Copenhagen in collaboration with among other the art historian N. L. Høyen, the architect G. F. Hetsch and the painters Eckersberg and J. P. Møller. Benjamin Wolff expanded his fortune as a merchant in the East Indies in the years 1817 to Back in Denmark he purchased the manor Engelholm in 1830 and later Grevensvænge at Mogenstrup. In 1832 he married Juliane Louise Sneedorff. 48 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 861

50 36 I. C. Dahl visited Engelholm several times. Initially under the previous owner P. B. Petersen, and he stayed in the summer of 1814 at the manor. Dahl painted several works of the landscape around Engelholm including two now at the National Gallery of Denmark from respectively 1814 and 1816, and he improved his landscape paintings during this stay. In 1844 Dahl returned to Engelholm now under the new owner Benjamin Wolff - the two have probably known each other since the youth - in Wolff's drawing collection is a pencil sketch of Liselund on Møn from about Wolff himself has inscribed the drawing (in Danish): "The first sketch is by I. C. Fick, the rest is by Dahl" (Claus M. Smidt, Tegnekunst på Nivaagaard, 1983, p. 5-11). DKK 400, ,000 / 53,500-67,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

51 37 L. A. SMITH b. Copenhagen 1820, d. s.p "Pigen, der fletter sit hår". The model Catrine Nielsen, called Trine, is plaiting her hair. Signed and dated A. Smith Oil on canvas. 74 x 60 cm. Unframed. Exhibited: Bruun Rasmussen Kunstauktioner, "Krop og Kunst, Golden Days in Copenhagen", September The exhibition catalogue: "Den nøgne guldalder", Den Hirschsprungske Samling, 1994, mentions C. W. Eckersberg's art school for painting the nude. C. W. Eckersberg started a special summer school in August-September 1839 at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. Cathrine Nielsen, called Trine, sat as a model for 75 hours. Eckersberg writes in his diary about the painting sessions week after week during the summer. 1 August: "Seet i Akademiet et par unge Piger, som ville være Modeller". (Seen in the Academy two young girls who wanted to be models). 5 August: "I Skolen begyndtes et Billede af en quindelig Modell". (We started to paint a female model). Many working days followed. 31 August: "Paa Malerskolen, hvor den quindelige Modell var sidste Gang". (The last day for the female model at the painting school). C.W. Eckersberg: The model plaiting her hair. (Musée du Louvre, Paris, France) Sold Bruun Rasmussen auction 488, 1986 no. 83 for DKK 200,000 / 27,000 C. W. Eckersberg himself painted Trine in a position similar to this, where the model was placed near a source of light (a window). His painting was bought by Superintendent Borch. Eckersberg writes in his diary 29 September: "Tilsendt Forstander Borch det lille Maleri, en ung Pige som fletter sit Haar". (Sent a small painting of a girl plaiting her hair to Mr. Borch). This painting is today owned by Musée du Louvre. Reproduced in the exhibition catalogue: "Den nøgne guldalder" p. 109 and to the left. Unfortunately, Eckersberg does not mention the names of the other summer school participants of 1839 in his diary. Today we know that another Eckersberg pupil painted Trine, almost en face. The work was reproduced in the exhibition catalogue: "Den nøgne guldalder" p. 111, and sold at Bruun Rasmussen auction 663, 1999 no. 322 for kr. L. A. Smith also took part in the session, presumably standing quite close to master Eckersberg himself, although Trine is seen a bit more en face in L. A. Smith's version. DKK 400, ,000 / 53,500-67, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 861