C. A. Jensen (b. Bredsted near Husum 1792, d. Copenhagen 1870)
Portrait of architect and classical archaeologist Charles Robert Cocquerell/Cockerell (1788–1863). Signed and dated Jensen p. London 1838. Oil on canvas. 29×23 cm. Period frame.
Sigurd Schultz, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of C. A. Jensen no. 319.
Exhibited: Charlottenborg 1839 no. 18, painted in London for State Councillor Brønsted.
Copenhagen, “Rådhusudstillingen af Dansk Kunst indtil 1890”, 1901 no. 744.
Guildhall, London, “Exhibition of Works by Danish Painters” 1907 no. 236.
Kunstforeningen, “Arbejder af maleren Chr. Albr. Jensen” 1922 no. 111.
The painting was lent to Bakkehusmuseet, Frederiksberg August 1990-January 1991.
Literature: Kunstens Historie i Danmark, edited by Carl Madsen 1901–1907, reproduced. 202.
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.
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Paintings, 24 November 2015