Wenzel Tornøe (b. Svendborg 1844, d. Frederiksberg 1907)
“En sypige, Pinsemorgen”. A dressmaker on Whitsunday morning. Signed Wenzel Tornøe. Oil on panel. 39×35 cm.
Provenance: The collection of the late Einar Polander, his sale, ABR auction 770, 2007, no. 403.
The tired dressmaker who has fallen asleep on Whitsunday morning after a long night's work is Tornøes most famous motif. It exists in several versions in different sizes and both painted and drawn.
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Paintings and drawings, 26 February 2013