Martinus Rørbye (b. Drammen 1803, d. Copenhagen 1848)
Purchased by Nivaagaards Malerisamling in June 2012.
A Nubian resting on a staircase, smoking a cigarette. Signed and dated M. R. Rom 1839. Oil on canvas. 75×63 cm.Purchased
Thorvaldsens Museum, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Martinus Rørbye no. 161.
Exhibited: Thorvaldsens Museum, “Martinus Rørbye”, 1981 no. 82.
Martinus Rørbye wrote in his diary from Rome on the 18th of November 1839 about his meeting with the Nubian on the steps leading up to the church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli, and he immidiately made an appointment with him.
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Paintings, 6 June 2012