Martinus Rørbye (b. Drammen 1803, d. Copenhagen 1848)
“En græsk Skrædder”. A Greek tailor. Signed and dated M. Rørbye 1848. Oil on paper laid on canvas. 24×32 cm.
Thorvaldsen Museum, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Martinus Rørbye no. 260.
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.”
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Paintings, 24 November 2015