Constantin Hansen (b. Rome 1804, d. Frederiksberg 1880)
“Parti af Forum Romanum med Concordia-Templet og Septimius Severus' Triumphbue, set fra Foden af Capitol”. View from the Roman Forum with the Temple of Concord and the Arch of Septimius Severus seen from the foot of the Capitoline. Signed and dated Const. H. 1846. Oil on canvas. 66×79 cm.
Emil Hannover, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Constantin Hansen no. 238, mentioned p. 115.
Exhibited: Charlottenborg 1846 no. 54. Kunstforeningen, “Udstillingen af C. C. Constantin Hansen's Malerier i Kunstforeningen”, 1897 no. 122A entitled “Forum Romanum. I forgrunden Concordiatemplet og Septimius Severus” (The Roman Forum. In the foreground the Temple of Concord and the Arch of Septimius Severus).
Literature: Knud Voss “Guldalderens Malerkunst”, Copenhagen 1968, mentioned and reproduced p. 141 (here mistakenly listed as belonging to Aarhus Art Museum (ARoS)). “Constantin Hansen”, exhibition catalogue, Thorvaldsens Museum and Aarhus Art Museum 1991, mentioned p. 202.
Provenance: Mrs Bruun, wife of Councillor of State (1901).
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Paintings, 24 November 2015
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