Wilhelm Marstrand (b. Copenhagen 1810, d. s.p. 1873)
Interior with merchant Christopher Friedenreich Hage and his wife Christiane Annette, née Just. Sketch. 1849. Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 32×27 cm.
Exhibited: Kunstforeningen, “Marstrand Udstilling”, 1898 no. 259. Nivågaard, “Nivågaard viser Marstrand”, 1992 no. 25 reproduced p. 123.
Literature: Karl Madsen,“Wilhelm Marstrand”, 1905 mentioned p. 160. “Bodil de Neergaard. Hendes Slægt og Virke skildret af Familie og Venner i Anledning af hendes 80-Aars dag”, 1947 reproduced p. 2.
Provenance: Bolette Hagemann. Merchant, cand. polyt. (Bachelor of Engineering) Gustav Hage. The Hartmann family, Fuglsang, Lolland.
Presumably the first sketch for “Må jeg låne de to brune heste?” (May I borrow the two brown horses?), a full length double portrait of Mr and Mrs Hage, today in the hall at Nivaagaard's Malerisamling.
The portraits were commisioned by the couple's eldest son Alfred Hage for the couple's golden wedding in 1849 the same year mr. Hage died. The sketches were carried out in Stege, where mr. and mrs. Hage lived and where Marstrand had family.
The couple was the grandparents of Johannes Hage the founder of the Nivaagaard Collection.
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Paintings & drawings, 25 February 2014