Constantin Hansen (b. Rome 1804, d. Frederiksberg 1880)
“Parti fra Vejle. I forgrunden en Aa, hvor nogle Drenge fisker, medens andre bader”. Landscape from Vejle. In the foreground a stream, where some boys are fishing and others are bathing. 1853. Signed C. H. Oil on cardboard. 35×53 cm.
Emil Hannover, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Constantin Hansen no. 290.
Literature: Emil Hannover, “Maleren Constantin Hansen”, 1901, mentioned p. 229 as follows (in Danish): “This summer he painted among other things a landscape scene with Vejle stream in the foreground. Some boys are fishing and others are bathing. An evocative depiction a la Skovgaard of a blue Danish summer day above lush green meadows and distant forest slopes”.
Provenance: The painter's daughter Signe Konstantin Hansen (1901). Iron founder Brandt's collection, Winkel & Magnussen auction 77, 1930 no. 17. Bruun Rasmussen auction 131, 1961 no. 66, reproduced. 27.
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Paintings, drawings & books, 20 September 2016