Philip August Fischer (b. Rudkøbing 1817, d. Copenhagen 1907)
“Parti indenfor Østerport”. View from inside the city gate Østerport in Copenhagen. Signed and dated Ph. Aug. Fischer 1852. Oil on canvas. 56×66 cm.
Exhibited. Presumably Charlottenborg 1852 no. 119.
Provenance: Bruun Rasmussen auction 795, 2008 no. 1.
Philip Fischer has painted a lively scene from Østerport a few years before the gate was removed. Copenhagen's ramparts as a defensive structure were dismantled in the 1850s, and the military guard posts at all gates ceased in 1856. In 1857, Østerport was demolished.
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