SOLD. C. A. Jensen: A pair of portraits of professor N. C. L. Abrahams and his mother Juliane Abrahams, née Meyer. 23 x 19 cm each. (2)

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C. A. Jensen (b. Bredsted near Husum 1792, d. Copenhagen 1870)

Purchased by Den Hirschsprungske Samling in February in 2017

A pair of portraits of professor N. C. L. Abrahams (1798–1870), and his mother Juliane Abrahams, née Meyer (1765–1847). He has black hair and wears glasses, a black coat and a purple waistcoat. She has grizzled black hair and wears a brown dress with puff sleeves and a white bonnet. Signed and dated Jensen p. 1834 and p. 1835. Oil on canvas. 23×19 cm each. Period frames. (2)

Sigurd Schultz, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of C. A. Jensen no. 265 and no. 266.

Exhibited: Kunstforeningen, “Arbejder af Maleren Chr. Albr. Jensen”, 1922 no. 113 and no. 96.

Literature: Sigurd Schultz, “C. A. Jensen”, 1932. Ill. p. 293. Mentioned p. 309–310, where Sigurd Schultz writes very enthusiastically about the two portraits, especially the one of Juliane Abrahams, which he describes as: “It is a small masterpiece in the art of painting”.

Provenance: N. Abrahams, managing director of “Klasselotteriet”, Copenhagen.

N. C. L. Abrahams was professor of French, notary public and chairman in Kunstforeningen.

Condition

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Auction

Paintings & drawings, 28 February 2017