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C. W. Eckersberg
b. Blåkrog, Aabenraa 1783, d. Copenhagen 1853
"Anden Udsigt til Sommerspiret". The second view of "Sommerspiret".
1809. Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 39 x 45 cm.
Emil Hannover, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of C. W. Eckersberg no. 58.
Exhibited: Kunstforeningen, "Udstillingen af C. W. Eckersbergs Malerier", 1895
no. 37. Aarhus Kunstmuseum, "C. W. Eckersberg", 1983 no. 15. Nivaagaards
Malerisamling, "Møen i dansk kunst - Naturromantik i Guldalderen", 1994
no. 9.
Literature: Peter Michael Hornung & Kasper Monrad, "C. W. Eckersberg -
dansk malerkunsts fader", 2005 p. 66-81, reproduced p. 66 and 71.
Provenance: Christopher von Bülow of Nordfeld, Møn, Prefect and Chamberlain.
Baron Güldencrone of Vilhelmsborg. In his family until now.
In 1809 Christopher von Bülow commissioned a series of landscape paintings
by Eckersberg. He wanted Eckersberg to paint the manor Nordfeld, but also the
surrounding landscapes - including Møns Klint, the Cliffs of Møn with the
"Sommerspiret" - the now vanished chalk spire at the top of the cliffs. Eckersberg
depicted the cliffs in two small companion pieces: the present one focusing on the
cliffs and the "Sommerspiret", the counterpart first and foremost presenting a
view of the Baltic (Hannover no. 57). Both views are framed by trees and leaves
and in the foreground the elegantly dressed walkers are wandering on the paths
in the area. From here you could experience the grandiose and dramatic scenery
around the cliffs - a rare sight in Denmark that artists and visitors flocked to at
that time. About 1800 people became aware of nature from a new perspective.
Not only the utility value was of interest, nature's different atmospheres could be
experienced and perceived, preferably at the most spectacular and untouched
spots - as Møns Klint - but always at a safe distance, like in the present
painting with visitors sitting on a bench and standing behind a fence.
It is uncertain, how many paintings Eckersberg painted for Christopher von Bülow
during and after his stay at Nordfeld, but the series of landscape paintings
was Eckersberg's last large job before he in 1810 started to make preparations for
his journey to Paris and Rome, from which he returned to Copenhagen not until
1816. Two paintings from the Møn series are today in the Statens Museum for
Kunst (The Danish National Gallery).
Two other well-known Golden Age painters, I. C. Dahl (lot 6) and P. C. Skovgaard
(lot 30), are represented in this sale with views of the Cliffs of Møn.
DKK 1.500.000-2.000.000 / € 201.000-268.000
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