C. W. Eckersberg (b. Blåkrog near Aabenraa 1783, d. Copenhagen 1853)
Portrait of smith J. N. Grønberg (1722–1813). 1805. Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 31×24.5 cm.
Emil Hannover, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of C. W. Eckersberg, 1898, no. 5. A repetition of no. 4 in the catalogue.
Exhibited: Kunstforeningen, “Udstillingen af Eckersbergs Malerier”, 1895 no. 3.
Provenance: Painter I. P. Møller (1783–1854). Thence by descent until today. Inherited to his daughter Frederikke Winter and then inherited to her daughter Charlotte Winther. Sold at her estate auction, Kunsthallen February 9 1956, and here acquired by descendants of I. P. Møller.
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Paintings and drawings, 29 November 2022