Michael Ancher (b. Bornholm 1849, d. Skagen 1927)
“Askepot”. Cinderella. A young woman in light summer dress with a cat sitting by the fireplace. 1880/1882. Oil on canvas. Signed M. A. 106×103 cm.
A painting with a similar motif hangs in Michael Ancher's studio on Markvej, Skagen (Inv.no. HAF 199). That one Elisabeth Fabritius, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Michael Ancher, 1992, no. 220. Ancher used several young Skagen women as models for “Cinderella”, both Helene Christensen (1857–1922), Tine Nordmann (1866–1949) and here Louise Hallgren, who later married Mr Trunk and moved to Horsens.
Provenance: Bruun Rasmussen auction 718, 2003 no. 1525, ill p. 24.
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Paintings and drawings, 6 December 2023
Not sold