Constantin Hansen (b. Rome 1804, d. Frederiksberg 1880)
“En Kildegrotte. Italiensk Landskab”. A cave with a spring. Italian landscape. From Capri. 1838. Signed C. H. Oil on paper laid on canvas. 35×25 cm.
Emil Hannover, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Constantin Hansen, 1901, no. 137.
Constantin Hansen used the grotto as a background in the painting “Fiskerdreng fra Capri bærende på en vandkrukke, i baggrunden klippegrotte med kilde” (Boy from Capri carrying a water jug, in the background rock grotto with spring), dated 1839. That one Emil Hannover no. 185.
Provenance: The estate auction of the late Constantin Hansen, 1880 no. 3. Consul's wife (konsulinde) J. Schierbeck, Helsingør (1901). Bruun Rasmussen auction 906, 2009 no. 7, ill. p. 15.
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Paintings and drawings, 6 December 2023
Not sold