Constantin Hansen (b. Rome 1804, d. Frederiksberg 1880)
“Kronborg Slot set fra den nordlige side”. Kronborg Castle seen from the north side. Study. 1834. Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 13×19 cm.
Emil Hannover, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Constantin Hansen, 1901, no. 84. Study for no. 87 in the Catalogue Raisonné with the same title.
Literature: Emil Hannover, “Maleren Constantin Hansen”, 1901, mentioned p. 52 and p. 299. Here it says about the present study (in Danish): “There is a very small study for this, in which the color is fresh and cool...”. (p. 52). In the same book is also a reproduction of a small drawing that Constantin Hansen made of the motif in a letter to the architect Gottlieb Bindesbøll (1800–1856) (p. 53).
Provenance: Accountant C. F. Baker (1901).
In 1834, Kunstforeningen (the Art Association) in Copenhagen arranged a competition for, among other things, an architectural painting of the interior or exterior of a notable Danish building or public square. Constantin Hansen chose Kronborg Castle. He carried out several preliminary works, e.g. the present, as well as a small study of Trompetertårnet's (the Trumpeter tower) spire (The National Gallery of Denmark Inv. No. KMS4110) and another of the entire Kronborg very similar to the present (The National Gallery of Denmark Inv. No. KMS6815). The final painting, which measures 60×82 cm, won Kunstforeningen's competition.
Several of the Danish Golden Age painters, including Constantin Hansen's friends Christen Købke (1810–1848) and Jørgen Roed (1808–1888), painted important national historical buildings in the early 1830s, such as Frederiksborg Castle and here Kronborg.
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