P. S. Krøyer (b. Stavanger 1851, d. Skagen 1909)
“Hoved af en dreng”. Head of a boy. 1899. Signed S. K. Oil on mahogany. 12×12 cm.
H. Chr. Christensen, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of P. S. Krøyer no. 657.
Exhibited: Charlottenborg, “Maleren P. S. Krøyer”, 1905 no. 137.
Provenance: Merchant Holger Meyer. Bruun Rasmussen auction 530, 1889 no. 194, reproduced p. 34.
The little boy must be one of the two boys from Vesterby, Skagen, who was reproduced on an art sheet that came with the magazine “Juleroser” in the 1890s.
Condition report on request. Please contact: fine-art@bruun-rasmussen.dk
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Paintings and antiquities, 28 May 2019