Kristian Zahrtmann (b. Rønne 1843, d. Copenhagen 1917)
“Genrebillede. Roselill og hendes moder. I midten af billedet et bord. Til venstre Roselil i profil fra højre ved en garnvinde. Hun ser leende over mod moderen, der sidder bag bordet og advarende, men let smilende løfter sin hånd. Den unge pige er i blåviolet kjole, moderen i brun kjole med hvid krave. I baggrunden en lav mur hvorover en syren hælder sine grene med et væld af blomster”. Conversation piece. Roselil and her mother. In the middle of the painting a table. To the left Roselil in profile from the right by a wool winder. She looks with laughter at her mother, who sits behind the table with an admonishing look on her face tempered by a light smile as she raises a warning finger. The young girl is in a blue-violet dress, the mother in a brown dress with a white collar. In the background a low wall over which a lilac pours its branches with a multitude of flowers. Signed with monogram and dated 1870. Oil on canvas. Portal-shaped framing. 64×62 cm.
H. Chr. Christensen, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Kristian Zahrtmann no 85. S. Danneskjold-Samsøe, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Kristian Zahrtmann no 205.
Exhibited: Charlottenborg 1870 no. 380 (supplement) with the title “Genrebillede. Motivet fra begyndelsen af det 17de årh”. Conversation piece. The subject from the beginning of the 17th century.
Literature: F. Hendriksen, “En Mindebog”, (a Memorial book), 1919 reproduced p. 109.
S. Danneskjold-Samsøe, “Kristian Zahrtmann”, 1942 mentioned p. 40 and reproduced p. 57. Here it is mentioned that a Miss L. Lindegaard was the model for Roselil. Zahrtmann's mother was used as a model for Roselil's mother.
Provenance: The landscape painter Harald Foss (1905). Director H.P. Heilbuth's collection (1917). Anna Heilbuth, her sale Winkel & Magnussen auction 21, 1924, no. 72, reproduced p. 7. Doctor I. P. Rasmussen, Fakse (1942).
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