Dankvart Dreyer (b. Assens 1816, d. Barløse 1852)
Purchased by Skovgaard Museet in September 2012.
“Landskab fra Fredensborgegnen”. Landscape near Fredensborg. C. 1840. Signed Dreÿer. Oil on canvas. 93×130 cm.
Leo Swane, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Dankvart Dreyer no. 90, reproduced p. 47 and mentioned p. 51–52. Suzanne Ludvigsen, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Dankvart Dreyer no. 104, mentioned and reproduced vol. I, p. 141–143 and vol. II, p. 59.
Exhibited: Kunstforeningen, “Udstilling af Dankwart Dreyers Arbejder”, 1912 no. 53. Fyns Stiftsmuseum, “Mindeudstilling for Dankvart Dreyer 1816–1852”, 1952 no. 39.
Literature: Herman Madsen, “200 danske Malere og deres Værker”, vol. I, 1946, p. 174–175, plate 12.
Provenance: The Dreyer family and descendants till now. Has never been offered for sale before.
Kobberstiksamlingen (The Royal Collection of Graphic Art) owns a drawn study for the painting.
In his Catalogue Raisonné Leo Swane suggests that the hussar on the horse is painted by J. Th. Lundbye.
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Paintings, 18 September 2012