Martinus Rørbye (b. Drammen 1803, d. Copenhagen 1848)
A woman by the spinning wheel and a young man standing behind her. Inscribed Rørby. Dated by the artist “Folsland i Tellemarken den 21' August 30”. Pencil and watercolour on paper. Sheet size 25.5×19 cm.
Provenance: The artists estate auction 1849, listed under “Originale Tegninger af Rörbye, afsnit 3, Norge” (original drawings by Rørbye, section 3, Norway), no. 6.
In 1830, Rørbye was in Norway, where he travelled around Telemark and visited the local farmers, whose costumes and way of life he described in drawings and in his diary. In the diary, he described on 20–21 August that due to rough weather he was staying in Folsland for a few days, and here he drew his host Hans and his wife, son and daughter. The present drawing presumably depicts the wife and son.
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Paintings and drawings, 29 November 2022