C. A. Jensen (b. Bredsted near Husum 1792, d. Copenhagen 1870)
Portrait of goldsmith A.J. Gumperd/Gumpert in a dark brown coat with black collar and metal buttons. Yellow vest with narrow, horizontal, blue-green stripes. Choker, white stock, white shirt with frill. Signed and dated Jensen pinxit 1815. Oil on canvas. 53×45 cm.
Sigurd Schultz, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of C.A. Jensen, 1932, no. 5.
Exhibited: “Udstilling af kunstindustrielle Frembringelser og Portrætter”, 1880 no. 374. “Udstilling af Gjenstande fra Kong Frederik VI's Tid”, 1890 no. 43. Kunstforeningen, “Arbejder af maleren Chr. Albr. Jensen”, 1922 no. 4.
Literature: Sigurd Schultz, “C.A. Jensen. Hans liv og værk”, 1932, mentioned pp. 118, 120, 122, 124 and ill. p. 117.
Provenance: Bookseller H.H.I. Lynge (1890), his auction 1898 no. 61. Art dealer and collector Martin Grosell (1922). The collection of Consul General Johan Hansen no. 282 (1917), no. 683 (1927), no. 743 (1931). His auctions, part VI, Winkel & Magnussen 131, 1933 no. 74, ill. p. 12.
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