H. G. F. Holm (b. Berlin 1803, d. Copenhagen 1861)
“Æresporten ved troppernes hjemkomst”. 1851. Signed Holm. Watercolour, drawing ink and pencil on paper laid on paper. 21.5×27 cm.
The Roman-inspired arc of triumph was erected in honor of the soldiers of the Three Years' War on Gammel- and Nytorv between Nygade and Frederiksbergsgade with the following inscription (In Danish): “It shall not happen what you swore as men” and on the back (In Danish): “We gained awareness that we are a people” .
Erik Housted, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of H. G. F. Holm, 1994, no. 1.045.
Literature: Erik Housted, “Fattig-Holm. Tre Guldalderskæbner”, 1994. The drawing is reproduced p. 280 fig. 215.
Provenance: Bruun Rasmussen auction 34, 1952 no. 301. Purchased by publisher Valdemar Richter-Friis. Bruun Rasmussen auction 732, 2004 no. 2051.
The sheet has turned brown. Examined in the frame.
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Art on paper, 29 July 2024
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