Christen Købke (b. Copenhagen 1810, d. s.p. 1848)
A young sailor with folded arms. 1837. Unsigned. Pencil on paper. Sheet size 17.5×14 cm.
Købke travelled to the island of Bornholm in the autumn of 1837. A number of studies are known from this trip depicting both the crossing and the stay on the island. The crossing itself apparently made an impression on Købke, since he observed and sketched both sailors, fellow passengers and the surrounding autumn sea.
To read more about the trip to Bornholm and view the reproductions of Købke's sketches from there, see: Hans Edvard Nørregård-Nielsen, “Christen Købke”, volume II, “Dossering og Frederiksborg”, 1996, pp. 166–176.
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Paintings and drawings, 29 November 2022