L. A. Ring (b. Ring 1854, d. Roskilde 1933)
“Paa Kirkegaarden”. At the cemetery. An old woman sitting at the cemetery in Fløng. Study. Signed and dated L.A. Ring 03. Oil on canvas laid on canvas. 21×28 cm.
H. Chr. Christensen, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of L.A. Ring, 1910, no. 512.
The present painting is a study for the painting “På kirkegården i Fløng” (At the cemetery in Fløng) from 1904, which is located at the National Gallery of Denmark (Inv. No. KMS1941).
Literature: Cai M. Woel, “L. A. Ring”, 1937 ill. p. 71. “Kunst i Privateje”, 1944, vol. I, ill. p. 190 and described p. 191 as follows (in Danish): ”[...] the small preparatory work for the National Gallery's large representation of the old woman at the cemetery [...] provides an interesting piece of information. It was originally intended that the grave in front of the old woman should be filled with flowers, as the sketch here shows. But on the advice of a good friend, Ring removed these flowers and put the large, inexorable iron cross in their place."
Provenance: Harald Holm (1910). The collection of Emil Bang, his auctions Winkel & Magnussen 161, 1934 no. 307, ill. p. 39. The collection of Engineer H. Claudius, his estate auction Winkel & Magnussen 377, 1953 no. 52, ill. p. 7. The collection of director Hans Tobiesen, his auctions, part III, Winkel & Magnussen 388, 1954 no. 92, ill. p. 43. Bruun Rasmussen auction 640, 1997 no. 225, ill. p. 68.
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Fine art, 4 March 2024