Jens Juel (b. Balslev, Funen 1745, d. Copenhagen 1802)
Purchased by Gammel Estrup in June 2022.
Portrait of Berthe Brockenhuus, née Countess Scheel (1767–1787). In a blue dress with a rose on her chest, light blond hair with a veil and locks of hair over her shoulders. Married 1786 to Johan Ludvig Brockenhuus (1759–1830), chamberlain to Queen Dowager Juliane Marie. 1786. Unsigned. Oil on canvas. Oval. 70×55 cm. Louis XVI frame.
See Ellen Poulsen, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Jens Juel no. 397. Here it is mentioned that Juel has painted the countess in both a blue and a white dress, the last one reproduced p. 251 in Ellen Poulsen's Catalogue Raisonné. Both have the provenance Gl. Estrup.
Literature: “Kunst i Privat Eje”, lawyer (overretssagfører) Niels Olesen, vol. II 1945, mentioned and reproduced p. 95.
Provenance: Formerly at Gl. Estrup (label on the back with the entailed estate (stamhus) no. 69), where it hung next to Alexander Roslin's portrait of Christen Scheel (1743–1771). Then countess (lensgrevinde) Emma Scheel. Her auction Winkel & Magnussen 215, 1937 no. 4 reproduced p. 11. Here bought by lawyer (overretsagfører) Niels Olesen. Asta Olesen, her sale Bruun Rasmussen auction 460, 1984 no. 31, reproduced p. 37.
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Paintings & drawings, 8 June 2022