Jens Juel (b. Balslev, Funen 1745, d. Copenhagen 1802)
“Udsigt over Genfersøen fra Bonnets terrasse, i mellemgrunden Geneve, i baggrunden Mont Blanc.” View of Lake Geneva seen from Bonnet's terrace, in the middle distance Geneva, in the background Mont Blanc. Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 40×49 cm.
A repetition by the painter's own hand of no. 200 in Ellen Poulsen, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Jens Juel, 1991, that one dated c. 1779 and in the National Gallery of Denmark (Inv. No. 6220). Provenance: Mayor Carl Lehmann (1858–1933), Copenhagen. He gave it as a gift to his godson, the current owner's great-grandfather.
Charles Bonnet (1720–1793) was a Swiss naturalist and philosopher and a good friend of Jens Juel during his stay in Switzerland. Bonnet brought together a very small group of Danish artists in his country house - in addition to Juel, among others engraver Clemens (1749–1831), enamel painter Hans Heinrich Plötz (1747–1830) and painter Simon Malcho (1745–1793).
Charles Bonnet commissioned a portrait by Jens Juel when he had been appointed honorary member of The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts at Charlottenborg, where the portrait can be seen today.
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Paintings & Drawings, 18 September 2023