CHRISTOFFER WILHELM ECKERSBERG (BLÅKROG 1783-1853 COPENHAGEN) Den goden Moder (The Good Mother) oil on canvas 17 3/8 x 13 ¼ in. (44.2 x 33.7 cm.)
CHRISTOFFER WILHELM ECKERSBERG (BLÅKROG 1783-1853 COPENHAGEN) Den goden Moder (The Good Mother) oil on canvas 17 3/8 x 13 ¼ in. (44.2 x 33.7 cm.)
The artist. Michael Classen (1758-1835), Danish Consul General for Paris, gifted by the above, 7 November 1816. Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 19 June 1981, lot 91. Anonymous sale; Kunsthallen, Copenhagen, 9 September 1998, lot 46. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
P. Weilbach, Maleren Eckersberg Levned of Vaeker, Copenhagen, 1872, p. 218. E. Hannover, Maleren C.W. Eckersberg, Copenhagen, 1898, no. 133, as Den goden Moder. S. Minister, J.A. Simmons, M. Strawser, Kierkegaard's God and the Good Life, Bloomington, 2017, illustrated on the cover.
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