That this is world-class art is unquestionable. We’re finding that Danish Golden Age art is in demand like never before at our auctions. Both private collectors and the world’s leading museums including the Louvre in Paris, the National Gallery in London and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York have acquired Golden Age works from Bruun Rasmussen in recent years.

The Danish Golden Age is a period in the first half of the 19th century when culture and science were flourishing at a time otherwise marked by one major political disaster after another. In 1801, England forced Denmark out of neutrality with the Battle of Copenhagen, bombing Copenhagen and taking over the Danish fleet in 1807. In 1813, Denmark went bankrupt, in 1814 the country was forced to cede Norway, and in 1864 we suffered a catastrophic defeat against Prussia.

Most people in the art world today agree that the Danish Golden Age was one of the most important periods in 19th-century European art. Here, world-class art was created by a number of artists with a broad vision, educated at the internationally recognised Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. The period gave rise to prominent names such as C.W. Eckersberg, Christen Købke, Martinus Rørbye, Johan Thomas Lundbye, Wilhelm Marstrand, Constantin Hansen and P.C. Skovgaard.

We have just launched the search for paintings and drawings by all the famous Golden Age artists who contributed to the story of this important period in Danish art. If you have Golden Age art that you are considering selling at auction, we would very much like to hear from you with a view to a valuation carried out by our art specialists.

The auction will be marketed across the network’s many platforms and communication channels to thousands of passionate collectors and art enthusiasts worldwide. This allows us to achieve high hammer prices, benefiting you as a seller.