Hermann Wilhelm Bissen (b. Schleswig 1798, d. Copenhagen 1868)
Jørgen Hansen Koch (1829–1919) as a child, later senior teacher in Randers and decorated with the Silver Cross of the Order of Dannebrog. Executed 1836. Unsigned. White marble bust. H. 39 cm.
Haavard Rostrup, A Catalogue of the Works of H. W. Bissen no. 111.
Exhibited: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, “H. W. Bissen. Portrætter. Tegninger. Skitser”, 1941 no. 13.
Literature: Haavard Rostrup,“Billedhuggeren H. W. Bissen 1798–1868”, 1948, mentioned vol. I p. 167 ff.: “...et fornemt stykke skulptur; drengen ligner en prins i det julisk-claudiske hus”, (...an outstanding piece of sculpture, the boy looks like a prince of the Julian-Claudian house").
Jørgen Hansen Koch was the son of building inspector and Councillor Jørgen Hansen (1787–1860) and Ida, née Wulff (1806–1876). The family Koch belonged to the closer circle around Hans Christian Andersen.
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Paintings & drawings, 4 June 2013