Lorenz Frølich (b. Copenhagen 1820, d. Hellerup 1908)
Portrait of Frederik Rohde (1816–1886). Signed with monogram and dated Rom 47. Pencil on paper. Sheet size 26.5×21 cm. Unframed.
Exhibited: The Nivaagaard Collection, “Venskabsportrætter fra Rom”, 2016, Cat. No. 22, mentioned p. 40, ill. p. 41 and on the back of the catalogue.
Provenance: Circolo Scandinavo / Skandinavisk Forening i Rom (Inv. No. AI 21).
Frederik Rohde studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen in the years 1830–34 and was a student of Johan Ludvig Lund (1777–1867).
In the years 1842–1847, Rohde went on a long trip abroad to Germany and Italy, and it was in Rome in 1847 that Frølich made this fine portrait of his close friend.
Rohde was a valued part of the artist circles of the time both in Copenhagen and in Munich and Rome during his trip abroad. He was friends with many of the well-known Danish Golden Age artists, including Christen Købke (1810–1848), from whom he also received education. After his return from Italy in 1847, he became a member of the board of Kunstforeningen (the Art Association) in Copenhagen.
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