Views from the Danish Golden Age.
Etchings from the 1830s to 1860s.
We present a small group of considerably rare etchings by some of the leading artists of the Danish Golden age. We see it as a small addition to the recently closed exhibition "Beyond the Light: Identity and Place in Nineteenth-Century Danish Art" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.All the works are from the collection of Benjamin Wolff (1790 Engelholm – 1866 Copenhagen), a Danish business man, collector and amateur artist who personally knew most of the artists of his time. Over the course of thirty years he assembled a large collection of drawings and prints. The collection remained in the ownership of the family for several generations. In 1915, part of it was donated to the National Gallery of Denmark. The remaining European drawings were sold in 2018.
All the prints are offered in untouched condition and were obtained directly from the artists by Wolff. We can assume that all the prints are presented as issued. They are all early and rich impressions.
Jørgen Roed
The carousel farm at Frederiksborg
Etching.
Size of plate: 20 x 25.6 cm. Size of sheet: 27.7 x 35.5 cm.
Hermann Carmiencke
The boat in the reeds
Etching.
Size of plate: 20.7 x 28.3 cm. Size of sheet: 27.5 x 35.9 cm.
Jørgen Roed
Roskilde Cathedral, seen from the South West
Etching.
Size of plate: 30.2 x 31.8 cm. Size of sheet: c. 35.8 x 44.9 cm.
Vilhelm Kyhn
Hills by a marsh with man on horseback.
Etching on chine collé.
Size of plate: 12.8 x 15.8 cm. Size of sheet: c. 19.7 x 34.4 cm.
Heinrich Hansen
Rosenborg Castle
Etching.
Size of plate: 18 x 22.7 cm. Size of sheet: 28.8 x 35.5 cm.
Hermann Carmiencke
Seascape in stormy weather
Etching.
Size of plate: 19.2 x 25.9 cm. Size of sheet: c. 27.7 x 35.8 cm.
Hermann Carmiencke
Village church in Saxony-Altenburg
Etching.
Size of plate: 25 x 18.8 cm. Size of sheet: 36 x 27.4 cm.
Edvard Petersen
Study of logs and foliage.
Pen and black ink over graphite.
Size of sheet: c. 13.6 x 17.8 cm.