P. C. Skovgaard (b. Ringsted 1817, d. Copenhagen 1875)
Purchased by “The Metropolitan Museum of Art” in September 2013.
“Møns Klint”. The cliff of Møn. Unsigned. Inscribed Möens Klint den 27de Juni 1841. Drawing ink on paper laid on cardboard. Sheet size 21.8×34.2 cm.
Møns Klint (Cliff) and the landscape around it was very dear to Skovgaard. He often returned to the site and used it as a motif in as well large scale paintings as in smaller sketches and drawings like this one.
Provenance: Estate of John and Randi Dæhnfeldt
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Paintings & drawings, 17 September 2013