Carlo Dalgas (b. Naples 1821, d. Schleswig 1851)
“Parti af et Dyrskue”. A cattle show. 1846. Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 64 × 94 cm. Damborg frame with a label.
Rigmor Bendix, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Carlo Dalgas, 1901, p. 146.
Exhibited: Charlottenborg 1847 no. 65. Dalgas was awarded the Neuhausen Prize for the painting by the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Kunstforeningen, “Carlo Edvardo Dalgas”, 1898 no. 39. Københavns Rådhus (Copenhagen City Hall), “Raadhusudstillingen af Dansk Kunst til 1890”, 1901 no. 299.
Literature: Rigmor Bendix, “Carlo Dalgas. Hans Liv og Kunst”, 1901, mentioned p. 52, ill. p. 53.
Provenance: Manufacturer A. W. Müller. Sold at auction in 1874 to merchant E. le Maire (1874, 1898, 1901). Thence by descent in the family. Bruun Rasmussen auction 830, 2012 no. 73, ill. p. 86.
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