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C. W. Eckersberg (b. Blåkrog near Aabenraa 1783, d. Copenhagen 1853)

Woman putting on her slippers. 1843. Unsigned. Inscribed verso Eckersberg 461. Drawing ink and pencil on paper. Sheet size 166×120 mm.

This drawing is a study for the painting “Nøgen kvinde i færd med at drage sin tøfler på” (Naked woman putting on her slippers) from 1843 (Hannover no. 567, Glyptoteket inv. no. MIN 2062).

At Eckerberg's summer class at the Academy in the summer 1843, Eckersberg had found a new female model, Madam Hack. During the summer she stood for Eckersberg and his students in two different positions. 25 July 1843 the class begins working with the second position. On this date Eckersberg writes in his diary about the present drawing (in Danish): “I have drawn a figure after the model....”. 5 studies of Madam Hack in the same position but from different angles painted by the students of the summer class are known. The students are Jens Vilhelm Top, Joel Ballin, H. J. Hammer, Friedrich Theodor Baasch og Carl V. Balsgaard. This drawing by Eckersberg is very similar to the final painting.

Exhibited: Hirschsprung, “Den nøgne guldalder”, 1994 no. 60, reproduced p. 131.

Provenance: The estate auction of the late C. W. Eckersberg 1854 no. 461 (En kvindelig figur med draperi/A female figure with drapery). Here purchased by Benjamin Wolff (1790–1866) (Lugt 420). Thence by descent.

Condition

Condition report on request. Contact wolff@bruun-rasmussen.dk

Additional Remarks

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Auction

The Wolff Collection, 30 May 2018

Category
Estimate

60,000–80,000 DKK

Sold

Price realised

240,000 DKK