P. S. Krøyer (b. Stavanger 1851, d. Skagen 1909)
“Skudte harer”. Hares. 1898. Study for “Skagens jægere” (The Skagen Hunters). Signed S. Krøyer. Oil on canvas. 48×79 cm.
The present painting is a preparatory work for Krøyer's larger painting “Skagens jægere” (The Skagen Hunters) from 1898, which measures 145 × 255 cm and is located at ARoS, Aarhus Art Museum (Inv. No. 88).
H. Chr. Christensen, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of P. S. Krøyer, 1923, no. 618.
Exhibited: Kunstforeningen, “P. S. Krøyer 1851–1909”, Charlottenborg, 1910 nr. 264.
Provenance: The artist's estate auction, Charlottenborg 1910 no. 162. Managing director Ole Olsen (1923). Bruun Rasmussen auction 640, 1997 no. 210, ill. p. 65. Bruun Rasmussen auction 712, 2002 no. 1482, ill. p. 58. Bruun Rasmussen auction 915, 2023 no. 145, ill. p. 79.
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