Dankvart Dreyer (b. Assens 1816, d. Barløse 1852)
“En gammel sømand”. An old sailor. Signed and dated D. C. M. D. 1834. Oil on canvas laid on canvas. 40×33 cm.
Leo Swane, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Dankvart Dreyer, 1921, no. 8. Suzanne Ludvigsen, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Dankvart Dreyer, 2008, no. 14.
Exhibited: Charlottenborg 1835 no. 82. Kunstforeningen, “Udstilling af Dankwart Dreyers Arbejder”, 1912 no. 6. Fyns Stiftsmuseum, “Mindeudstilling for Dankvart Dreyer 1816–1852”, 1952 no. 4. Kunstforeningen & Fyns Kunstmuseum, “Dankvart Dreyer 1816–1852. Malerier og tegninger”, 1989 no. 11.
Literature: Karl Madsen, “Dreyer-Udstillingen”, feature article in Politiken, 24. 11. 1912, column 4. Leo Swane, “Dankvart Dreyer 1816–1852”, 1921, p. 18. Bjarne Jørnæs, “Dansk kunst 1825–1855”, Kunstforeningen 1975, p. 62. Suzanne Ludvigsen, “Maleren Dankvart Dreyer”, 2008, mentioned and ill. vol. I pp. 62–63 and vol. II p. 32.
Provenance: Inherited in the family of the artist. Bruun Rasmussen auction 801, 2009 no. 1, ill. p. 14.
The sailor's name was Jens Fisker and he was presumably working as a model at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. Christen Købke (1810–1848) painted him twice, and he was presumably also painted by P. C. Skovgaard (1817–1875) (Ludvigsen, vol. II p. 32).
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Paintings, drawings and icons, 14 June 2023