Constantin Hansen (b. Rome 1804, d. Frederiksberg 1880)
“Athene, fulgt af Sejersgudinden Nike, tvistes med Poseidon om Besiddelsen af Attika”. Pallas Athene, followed by the goddess of victory Nike, disputes with Poseidon about the possession of Attica. Composition. Study for a painting in the vestibule in the University of Copenhagen. 1851–52. Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 40×55 cm.
Emil Hannover, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Constantin Hansen no. 22.
Reproduced: Kunst i Privat Eje vol. I, p. 211.
Provenance: The estate auction of Constantin Hansen 1880 no. 63. Widow Brendstrup (1901). The collection of Elisabeth and Theodor Jensen, Bruun Rasmussen auction 154, 1963 no. 9. Bruun Rasmussen auction 290, 1972 no. 62, reproduced p. 13.
Condition report on request. Contact fine-art@bruun-rasmussen.dk
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Evening sale: Paintings, 29 May 2018