Wilhelm Marstrand (b. Copenhagen 1810, d. s.p. 1873)
Portrait of Augusta Marie Hall, née Brøndsted (1816–1891). Signed with monogram and dated 1860. Coal and white chalk on paper. Oval. Visible size 61×48 cm.
Augusta Marie was married to prime minister Carl Christian Hall (1812–1888). The couple had a rich social and salon life in their home Ny Bakkegård on Rahbeks Allé in Frederiksberg. Among the prominent guests were the physicist H.C. Ørsted (1777–1851), theologian and author N.F.S. Grundtvig (1783–1872), the poet Adam Oehlenschläger (1779–1850), Christian VIII (1786–1848) and Caroline Amalie (1796–1881). Carl Christian Hall was in the years 1856–1867 headmaster at Herlufsholm, where both he and his wife are buried.
Marstrand has portrayed Augusta Marie several times, i.a. as early as 1835, before she married Hall. He has also portrayed Carl Christian Hall.
Provenance: Johannes Forchhammer, headmaster at Herlufsholm in the years 1872–1892.
Condition report available on request.
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