Johan Thomas Lundbye (b. Kalundborg 1818, d. Bedsted 1848)
“Det indre af en Lo. Over den lave Tværmur ses P. C. Skovgaard staaende”. The interior of a barn. P. C. Skovgaard is seen leaning against the low short wall. Signed with monogram and dated Veiby Juny 1843. Oil on paper laid on canvas. 34×28 cm.
Karl Madsen, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of J. Th. Lundbye no. 143.
Exhibited: Thorvaldsen's Museum, “Johan Thomas Lundbye 1818–1848 ... at male det kjære Danmark”, 1994 no. 43, reproduced p. 66 and mentioned p. 67 with a passage from the diary of Lundbye May the 15th 1844 (Madsen, 1949, p 182): It has amused me to paint the timber exactly the way I saw it ... The beams in the barn bear marks after bolts, so they were also ship timber. Thus, I have painted them like that. May be it was just a whim or may be it amused me to think that these beams once plowed the sea, and perhaps have been far around in the world before they were laid to rest in a Zealand farm house.
Provenance: Baron Stampe, Nysø (1895). The collection of Johan Hansen, Consul General, his auctions, part IX, Winkel & Magnussen 139, 1933 no. 113, reproduced p. 17. Danish private collection.
This painting is a study for “To kalve” (Two calves) dated 1844 at ARoS, Aarhus.
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Paintings & drawings, 25 February 2014