Martinus Rørbye (b. Drammen 1803, d. Copenhagen 1848)
Summer day at a half-timbered house with a red thatched roof. Flowering elder bushes by the fence and a heap of firewood. Presumably from Skagen. Signed M. Rørbye. Oil on paper laid on canvas laid on panel. 25×41 cm.
Provenance: The collection of Bendt Fredberg, the longtime owner of Brøndum's Hotel in Skagen. Bought at Berg's Art Gallery in Skagen.
Martinus Rørbye came to Skagen as the first academy-educated artist in 1833. In 1834, he exhibited “Strandscene på gammel Skagen med optrækkende uvejr” (Beach scene on old Skagen with rising storm). After this, 14 years passed before Rørbye returned to Skagen again in the years 1847–1848. He painted among others “En strandingskommissionær ved vestkysten af Jylland” (A commisioner of wrecks at the west coast of Jutland). That one sold at Bruun Rasmussen auction 465, 1984 no. 304 to the Art Museums of Skagen for 310.000 DKK (Inv. No. 1399); and “Et stort skib under kalfatring ved Frederikshavn” (A large ship under caulking at Frederikshavn). That one sold at Bruun Rasmussen auction 912, 2023 no. 177 to Louvre in Paris for 1.2 mil. DKK.
Condition report available on request.
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