The Hall of Antiquities at Charlottenborg Palace, Copenhagen
A young watchman’s casual lack of self-awareness contrasts with the stiff formality of plaster casts made from Greek and Roman sculptures. These galleries in Charlottenborg Palace, seat of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, provided students like Müller with models from antiquity as the basis for learning to draw. On the tablet in the foreground is a faint rendering of the nearby statue of the standing Isis, a sign of the artist’s presence.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Hall of Antiquities at Charlottenborg Palace, Copenhagen
- Artist: Adam August Müller (Danish, Copenhagen 1811–1844 Copenhagen)
- Date: 1830
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 12 3/8 × 9 3/4 in. (31.5 × 25 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of European Paintings Gifts, 2018
- Object Number: 2018.280
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings
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