C. A. Jensen (b. Bredsted near Husum 1792, d. Copenhagen 1870)
Purchased by 'Kunstmuseet Brundlund Slot' in November 2015.
Portrait of Adam Oehlenschläger in buttoned black coat with miniature decorations and a black vest. White cravat tied in a bow. Signed and dated on the back of the chair Iensen 1834. Oil on canvas. 26.5×22.5 cm.
Sigurd Schultz, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of C. A. Jensen no. 240.
Exhibited: Copenhagen, “Rådhusudstillingen af Dansk Kunst indtil 1890”, 1901 no. 750. Bakkehusudstillingen 1902 no. 71.
Literature: Mentioned and reproduced in Baroness Stampe's memoirs about Thorvaldsen, Copenhagen 1912 p. 43. The Baroness' memoirs was based on posthumous records published by her granddaughter Rigmor Stampe (1850–1923) in 1912.
Provenance: Curator Chr. Axel Jensen, Nationalmuseet (the National Museum of Denmark), Copenhagen (1932). Bruun Rasmussen auction 293, 1973 no. 112, reproduced p. 13.
Adam Oehlenschläger is considered to be Denmark's first great romantic writer. His most famous works are Denmark's national anthem “Der er et yndigt land” and the poem “Guldhornene”, dated 1802, considered to be the work heralding the beginning of Romanticism in Denmark.
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Paintings, 24 November 2015