C. W. Eckersberg (b. Blåkrog near Aabenraa 1783, d. Copenhagen 1853)
View through the Zahlkammer gateway of Christiansborg Castle to the palace square and Holmen's Church in Copenhagen. Signed and dated E. 1809. Watercolour and pencil on paper. Sheet size 31×24,5 cm.
Literature: Bo Bramsen and Palle Fogtdal, “København før og nu - og aldrig”, Copenhagen 1987, vol I, reproduced p. 77.
The present drawing is the original for an unfinished print by G. L. Lahde, mentioned in Emil Hannover, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of C. W. Eckersberg under the section: “Gengivelser i kobberstik og andre metaltryk af Eckersbergs arbejder”, no. 21 (in Danish): “Unfinished print by Lahde after a drawing by Eckersberg c. 1809”.
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Paintings, 28 November 2017