Martinus Rørbye (b. Drammen 1803, d. Copenhagen 1848)
“Klippeparti ved Sorrento”. Rocky coast at Sorrento. 1835. Unsigned. Oil on cardboard. 28×37 cm.
Thorvaldsens Museum, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Martinus Rørbye no. 115.
Provenance: Rørbye's estate auction 1849 no. 37, here bought by Bergsøe.
19 May 1834 Rørbye leaves Copenhagen for his first long journey abroad. He travels to Germany, the Netherlands, Paris, Switzerland and Italy, where he stays for about a year. He is in Sorrento from 4 July to 27 July 1835. After Sorrento he travels to Greece and Turkey and then back to Italy, Germany, etc., and arrives back in Copenhagen 20 November 1837.
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Paintings & drawings, 28 February 2017
Not sold