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C. A. Jensen (b. Bredsted near Husum 1792, d. Copenhagen 1870)

Purchased by Kunstmuseet Brundtlund Slot

Portrait of professor Borgen, Headmaster at the Metropolitan School in Copenhagen. Unsigned. Oil on paper mounted on plate. 27.5×22 cm.

Sigurd Schultz, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of C. A. Jensen no. 389, ill. p. 399, mentioned p. 402–408, with this description of the professor among other things (in Danish): “Invaluable is Headmaster Borgen's port-blurry, ironic gaze. He has an air of fierce superiority about him, something which apparently blossomed easily into philological barbs. His bald and square forehead made for an excellent shape, which Jensen outlined clearly”.

Exhibited: Charlottenborg 1847 no. 271.

Literature: Kunst i Privat Eje vol. I, mentioned p. 153: “The incomparable portrait of the Headmaster, Professor Borgen, is one of the artist's most convincing and characterful portrayals”, ill. p. 154.

Provenance: Auction Winkel & Magnussen 1925.

Knud and Agathe Neye's art collection.

ABR auction 231, 1969, no. 15 ill. p. 33.

Condition

Minor crackles.

Additional Remarks

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Auction

Paintings and furniture, 16 January 2017

7 bids

When	Bidder	Bid
16 January at 7:54 pm		17,000 DKK
16 January at 7:43 pm		16,500 DKK
16 January at 7:42 pm	(Auto bid)	16,000 DKK
16 January at 7:42 pm		15,500 DKK
16 January at 7:33 pm		15,000 DKK
16 January at 7:32 pm		14,500 DKK
9 January at 3:06 pm		14,000 DKK