C. W. Eckersberg (b. Blåkrog near Aabenraa 1783, d. Copenhagen 1853)
“Klostergården ved San Paul”. A monk and a man carrying a basket of green plants in the courtyard of the Basilica San Paolo fuori le Mura in Rome. Signed and dated E. 1815. Oil on canvas. 33×44 cm.
Emil Hannover's Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of C. W. Eckersberg, 1898, no. 163.
C.W. Eckersberg writes about the present painting in his diary 28 September 1815 (in Danish): “Painted the courtyard at San Paul”.
Exhibited: Charlottenborg 1817 no. 7. Charlotteborg, “Udstilling af Malerier af ældre og yngre Kunstnere, hvoraf Indtægten er bestemt til Anvendelse ved Frederiksborg Slots Gjenopførelse“, 1860 no. 59 (Exhibition of Paintings by Older and Younger Artists, the Proceeds of which are intended for Use in the Reconstruction of Frederiksborg). Kunstforeningen, ”Udstillingen af C. W. Eckersbergs Malerier", 1895 no. 96.
Literature: Ph. Weilbach, “Maleren Eckersbergs levned og værker”, 1872, mentioned p. 226. Here mistakenly called “Klostergården i S. Giovanni in Laterano i Rom” (The Monastery of S. Giovanni in Laterano in Rome).
Provenance: The estate auction of C.W. Eckersberg, 1854 no. 12, listed under paintings executed in Rome 1813–1816, entitled “Klostergang i St. Paolo fuori le mura” (The cloister in San Paolo fuori le Mura). Here purchased by P.B. Scavenius for 165 rigsdaler (rix-dollar). Chamberlain J. Scavenius, his auction 1878. Here purchased by bookseller H.H. Lynge for 320 DKK. Merchant Benny Goldschmidt (1898). Mrs Alma Goldschmidt, her estate auction, Winkel & Magnussen 257, 1940 no. 9. Bruun Rasmussen Vejle auction 24, 1993 no. 936, ill. p. 9. Bruun Rasmussen, Jubilee Auction 600, 1994 no. 4, ill. p. 19. Bruun Rasmussen auction 884, 2019 no. 9, ill. p. 25.
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