Peder Mønsted (b. Grenaa 1859, d. Fredensborg 1941)
The Royal Palace in Athens seen from the park. Signed and dated P. Mønsted 1893. Oil on canvas. 32×42 cm.
In the early 1890s, Peder Mønsted stayed in Greece and spent half a year at the Royal Palace as a guest of King George I (1845–1913), who was born in Denmark. His long reign (1863–1913) spanned the formative period for the development of Greece as a modern European state. Today the palace houses the Greek parliament.
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