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69<br />

69<br />

Vilhelm Hammershøi<br />

b. Copenhagen 1864, d. s. p. 1916<br />

Portrait <strong>of</strong> Karen Bramsen (1877-1970) who later married<br />

Gustav Falck, Art Historian and Director <strong>of</strong> Statens<br />

Museum for Kunst (The Danish National Gallery). Halflenght<br />

portrait. Natural size. She is wearing a black velvet<br />

dress with a white collar. Under her right arm a violin.<br />

Painted in London 1898. Unsigned. Oil on canvas.<br />

60 x 51 cm.<br />

Sophus Michaëlis and Alfred Bramsen, A Catalogue Raisonné<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Works <strong>of</strong> Vilhelm Hammershøi no. 174.<br />

Exhibited: Kunstforeningen, "Arbejder af Vilhelm Hammershøi",<br />

1916 no. 135.<br />

Literature: Sophus Michaëlis and Alfred Bramsen, "Vilhelm<br />

Hammershøi - Kunstneren og hans værk", 1918, reproduced.<br />

Poul Vad, "Hammershøi - Værk og liv", 1988 reproduced p.<br />

166.<br />

Provenance: The collection <strong>of</strong> Alfred Bramsen, Author, and Gustav<br />

Falck, Director <strong>of</strong> Statens Museum for Kunst (The Danish<br />

National Gallery), ABR auction 576, 1992 no. 139, reproduced<br />

p. 108.<br />

Karen Bramsen (1877-1970) was the daughter <strong>of</strong> Alfred Bramsen<br />

and a violinist.<br />

DKK 300.000-400.000 / € 40.000-54.000<br />

96 BRUUN RASMUSSEN TRÉSOR

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