Christen Købke (b. Copenhagen 1810, d. s.p. 1848)
Portrait of Marie Magdalene Petersen, née Hellemann, the artist's grandmother. C. 1828. Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 37×31 cm. Unframed.
Emil Hannover, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Christen Købke, 1893. The painting is mentioned in the note to no. 9 as a repetition of this.
Mario Krohn, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Christen Købke, 1915, no. 6.
Exhibited: Kunstforeningen, “Fortegnelse over Købkes Malerier, 1912 no. 6. Kunstforeningen, “Christen Købke”, 1953 no. 5. The National Gallery of Denmark, “Christen Købke 1810–1848”, 1996 no. 6.
Literature: Kasper Monrad, Hans Edvard Nørregård-Nielsen & Mikael Wivel, “Købke - Nærmere beset” in the exhibition catalogue “Christen Købke 1810–1848”, The National Gallery of Denmark, 1996, mentioned pp. 110, 113, ill. p. 112. Hans Edvard Nørregård-Nielsen, “Christen Købke”, vol. I, “Omkring Kastellet”, 1996, mentioned pp. 56, 62, ill. p. 59 fig. 40.
Provenance: Councillor of State Wilhelm Petersen, Odense (1893), Wilhelm Petersen was married to Købke's sister Adolphine Augusta (1820–1880). Iron founder K. Brandt (1912, 1915), his estate auction Winkel & Magnussen 77, 1930 no. 74. Mrs Gerda Brandt (1953). Tyge Brandt.
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