Viggo Fauerholdt (b. Copenhagen 1832, d. Düsseldorf 1883)
View from the Knippelsbro (Knippel Bridge) and harbour of Copenhagen with lively traffic. Signed and dated V. Fauerholdt 1862. Oil on canvas. 67×96 cm.
Presumably exhibited at Charlottenborg 1862 no. 48 with the title “Parti fra Knippelsbro. Eftermiddag, efter Regnveir” (From Knippelsbro. Afternoon, after Rain).
It is the old Knippelsbro from 1818, that is depicted in the painting. It went from Børsgade on Slotsholmen to what was then called Brogade on Christianshavn. It was demolished in 1868, and Burmeister and Wain built a low iron bridge from Slotsholmsgade to Torvegade on Christianshavn. The current Knippelsbro dates from 1937. The bridge was named after Hans Knip, who in Christian IV's time was a kind of officer who collected money at the bridge flap.
Provenance: Bruun Rasmussen auction 727, 2003 no. 1279, ill. p. 82.
The canvas is relined. Retouches and repairs. Crackles.
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Paintings and drawings, 6 December 2023
Not sold