Anna Ancher (b. Skagen 1859, d. s.p. 1935)
“Vorherre modtager det døde Barn”. Our Lord receives the dead child. Signed A. Ancher. Oil on canvas. 48×62 cm.
Anna Ancher has previously dealt with death in her paintings. In the painting “Sorg” (Sorrow) from 1902, a naked young girl wrapped in her long hair together with Ane Brøndum (Anna Ancher's mother) kneels in prayer at a cross on the moor in the evening twilight. The mood of this painting is, as the title also suggests, filled with loss and sadness. It is quite different with the present painting, which depicts Our Lord as the Father of the Universe in happy, bright colours, who welcomes his little child with outstretched arms. By his side, smiling and happy children who welcome their new friend/“playmate” with flowers.
Provenance: Bruun Rasmussen auction 640, 1997 no. 240, ill. p. 71.
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Paintings and drawings, 29 November 2022