Hanne Hellesen (b. Copenhagen 1801, d. s.p. 1844)
Basket with peaches, grapes, cherries and currants on a stone. To the left hollyhocks and poppies. Landscape in the background. Signed and dated Hanne Hellesen 1840. 95×79 cm. Damborg frame with corner ornamentation and label.
Hanne Hellesen was one of the famous Danish flower painter I. L. Jensen's female pupils, who achieved recognition and fame in her own right and the Royal Collection of Paintings and Sculptures, today the National Gallery of Denmark, bought her paintings. She was also a pupil of Eckersberg, and he taught her about perspective drawing. Her paintings were very much inspired by I. L. Jensen and the floral decorations of the Sèvres porcelain factory.
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Paintings, 24 November 2015
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