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Artist: Christen Købke (1810–1848)
Danish painter
Work location: Copenhagen
Title: Mrs Th Petersen, née Roepstorff
Object type: Painting
Description: Christen Købke was one of the leading artists of what is known as Denmark’s Golden Age, equally successful as a portraitist and a landscape painter. This rendering of Mrs Petersen is a good illustration of his unique ability to create a strong presence in the gaze of his subject. Another characteristic of Købke, and of Danish Golden Age painters generally, was the very precise manner in which they painted. One such detail, which reinforces the impression of liveliness in this portrait, is the few stray hairs, simply painted, protruding from the carefully arranged coiffure.
Date: 1833
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Height: 40 cm (15.7 in). Width: 31 cm (12.2 in).
Framed: Height: 50 cm (19.7 in). Width: 42 cm (16.5 in). Depth: 7 cm (2.8 in).
Inscriptions (Swedish): Signerad: C. Kö 18-9-33
SKU: 273891
