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Jens Juel (b. Balslev, Funen 1745, d. Copenhagen 1802)
A pair of portraits of Iver Rosenkrantz-Levetzau (1749–1787) owner of the estate Restrup and Rosenholm, Judge (højesteretsassessor) and his wife Juliane, née Wedell (1762–1782). The couple married in 1779.
He: En face to the right wearing a gray-purple jacket, white cravat, the white ribbon and star of the Order of Dannebrog, white wig, black neck bow and brown eyes; brownish rather light background.
She: En face to the left wearing a gray white silk dress, green leaf with rosebud in the chest and a large bow, a blooming rose in the ash-blond hair, gray eyes; greyish rather light background. Both signed and dated Juel pinxit 1782. Oil on canvas. 70×55 cm. Period frames. (2).
Ellen Poulsen, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Jens Juel no. 256 and 257, reproduced p. 169.
Provenance: Miss Marie Rosenørn, her auction Winkel & Magnussen 329, 1946 no. 200, reproduced p. 6 and 7.
Literature: Ellen Poulsen, “Jens Juel”, vol. I p. 92, in a note to no. 256 (in Danish): “In the chapel at Store Restrup, which was consecrated on 2 July 1783, a plaque, according to a 1784 printed notice by vicar at Restrup Søren Møller, was hung, and upon which one could see the Chamberlain and the blessed wife of the Chamberlain’s portraits in oval frames, strongly gilded and meticulously well-made, after originals depicting each of the pair separately, which in turn had been made by the famous artist Mr Juul in Copenhagen.” There is a good chance that this could be the couple we see here.
Condition report on request.
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Paintings & drawings, 31 May 2016