SOLD. Ferdinand Richardt: View of the actress mrs Heiberg's villa on Rosenvængets Allé. Signed and dated F. Richardt 1865. Oil on canvas. 46.5 x 73 cm.

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Ferdinand Richardt (b. Brede 1819, d. Oakland, California 1895)

“Prospect af Fru Heibergs Villa i Rosenvænget, som Omgivelserne vare i 1865”. View of the actress mrs Heiberg's villa on Rosenvængets Allé, Østerbro, Denmark. Signed and dated F. Richardt 1865. Oil on canvas. 46.5×73 cm.

The villa on the left, Rosenvængets Allé no. 20, was built in 1862 by the actress Johanne Luise Heiberg. It is probably Johanne who can be seen walking in the garden with her West Indian adoptive daughters.

Exhibited: Charlottenborg 1870 no. 210.

Literature: Melinda Young Stuart & Niels Peter Stilling, “Danske Herregårde og Amerika. Rejser i guldalderens Danmark og pionertidens USA med maleren Ferdinand Richardt”, 2003, mentioned p. 103.

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Auction

Paintings & drawings, 31 May 2016