LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Oil on canvas

Size Notes:

Image; frame: 58.8 x 51 cm

Markings:

Signed, dated and inscribed lower right below the figure in red strongly faded ‚E. Moller Paris 1811’

Condition:

Original gilded wooden frame, Very good condition, appropriate with age. The canvas was relined. The inspection under UV light reveals areas of retouching. These are in addition to small selective retouching allover there is a greater retouching in the upper left and a smaller in the upper right, in the trees. The edges of the doubling are retouched. The varnish is a little dull in the area of the signature. The gilded original frame is also in very well condition, there are only slight signs of age in the edges

Literature:

- Handwritten collectors catalog of Christian VIII, archive Royal Danish Library Kopenhagen, there recorded as a painting by J.P. Møller and described ‘En skovbegroet Klippeegn ved en lille Flod i Nærheden af Harzen, malet efter en Tegning af Eckersberg. Figuren malet af ham.’ (‘A wooded rocky landscape with a small river in the Harz, painted after a drawing by Eckersberg. The figure is by him.’), cited after Dr. Kasper Monrad Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen; - Auction catalog 460, 1984, Bruun Rasmussen, no. 801, image p. 17

Provenance:

König Christian VIII (1786-1848), Danmark; Privy council Johan Bülow, Danmark; Industrialist C. A. Olesen, Danmark; Niels Olesen (son of C.A. Olesen), Danmark; Privat collection, North Germany