C. W. Eckersberg: View to the South from the road of Elsinore. Signed

“Udsigt mod Syd fra Helsingørs Rhed, med en dansk Korvet til Ankers samt nogle andre mindre Skibe dels under Sejl og dels til Ankers”. View to the South from the roadstead of Elsinore with a Danish corvette at anchor and smaller ships, some under sail and some at anchor. Signed and dated E. 1830. Oil on canvas. 56×87 cm. Period frame. Philip Weilbach, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of C. W. Eckersberg, 1872, p. 252 under “IX. Billeder fra Søen og Livet på Søen, udførte i Aarene 1821–1851” (Pictures from the sea and life on the sea, made in the years 1821–1851). Emil Hannover, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of C. W. Eckersberg, 1898, no. 431. Exhibited: Kunstforeningen, “Udstilling af Malerier, af ældre og yngre danske Kunstnere, hvoraf Indtægten er bestemt til Anvendelse ved Frederiksborg Slots Gjenopførelse”, 1860 no. 85 (Carl Emil Mundt). Kunstforeningen, “Udstillingen af C. W. Eckersbergs Malerier”, 1895 no. 238 (Christopher Mundt). Charlottenborg, “Sønderjysk Udstilling paa Charlottenborg”, 1937, no. 108 (Holger Mundt). Provenance: Acquired by Kunstforeningen (the Art Association) directly from the artist. Won at Kunstforeningen's lottery 1830 by Councillor of State Just Henrik Mundt (1782–1859); his brother, professor Carl Emil Mundt (1802–1873); his son, doctor Christopher Mundt (1844–1925); his son, architect Holger Mundt (1937). Thence by descent in the family. Bruun Rasmussen auction 656, 1998 no. 225, ill. p. 70, 71, 72 and 73. Christies, Old Master and European Paintings, Maj 2024 no. 41, ill. in the catalogue. Eckersberg writes in his diary about the present painting (in Danish): 3 September 1830: “Began a new painting, a sea piece...” 29 September 1830: “Finished the sea piece today, it represents, view to the south from the road of Elsinore with a Danish corvette at anchor and smaller ships, some under sail and some at anchor.” From his early childhood in Blaakrog by Als Fjord in Southern Jutland, Eckersberg was fascinated by the sea and ships, and although history painting was at the time the most respected genre at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, he already began painting seascapes during his studies here in the 1800s. In the 1820s, Eckersberg began to deal more seriously with marine painting, and in the 1830s and 40s it became his favorite genre. Here he could combine his great love for the sea, ships and nature.

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