Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann (b. Warsaw 1819, d. Copenhagen 1881)
A mermaid. Signed Elisabeth Jerichau. Pencil on canvas mounted in passepartout. Visible size 23.5×18.5 cm.
Today, it is still unknown how many mermaids Jerichau Baumann painted, as she exhibited several works abroad, including at the World Fair in London in 1862 and in Vienna in 1873. Two different versions can be found in Danish museums, namely a version from 1863 at Kunstmuseum Brandts in Odense (Inv. No. FKM/2239) and a version from 1873 in New Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen (Inv. No. MIN 0894). The mermaid motif was popular in the 19th century. Both Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann's husband, the sculptor Jens Adolf Jerichau (1816–1883), and a long-time friend of the family, the fairytale writer Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875), worked with the mermaid theme. The latter even made a short poem to Jerichau Baumann about the mermaid, after she had donated him one of her mermaid paintings as a birthday present: “Du raader over Farvernes Pragt! Du Sjæl har i Havfruens Øjne lagt: Et Blink fra dig selv, Fra Aandens Magt! Min Tak her i fattige Ord er sagt”. “You master the splendour of colours! A soul you have placed in the mermaid's eyes: A wink from you, from the spirit's power! My gratitude here expressed in mere words."
One drawing pin hole at the lower left corner. Examined in the frame.
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Art on paper, 29 July 2024
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