Kristian Zahrtmann (b. Rønne 1843, d. Copenhagen 1917)
“Leonora Christinas Død”. The death of Leonora Christina. Signed with monogram and dated 1901. Oil on canvas. 108×112 cm.
H. Chr. Christensen, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Kristian Zahrtmann no. 517. S. Danneskjold-Samsøe, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Kristian Zahrtmann no. 873, reproduced p. 394.
Exhibited: Den Frie 1901 no. 207. Düsseldorf, “Internationale Kunstausstellung”, 1904 no. 1711. Randers Kunstmuseum in 1984.
Provenance: Mrs E. Kirk (1942).
The painting is a repetition with minor differences of a work painted in 1896–1897, today owned by Fuglsang Kunstmuseum.
The canvas is relined.
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Paintings, 29 November 2011