Exhibition

Beyond the Light: Identity and Place in Nineteenth-Century Danish Art

January 26th - April 16th, 2023
Free with Museum admission
The Bay of Naples with Vesuvius in the Background, Christen Købke, Graphite
Christen Købke (Danish, Copenhagen 1810–1848 Copenhagen)
1843
Sailing Vessels at Wilders Plads, Copenhagen, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Pen and black ink with brush and brown and gray wash
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (Danish, Blåkrog 1783–1853 Copenhagen)
1830
The English Fleet Anchored at the Town of Beykoz, North of Istanbul, Anton Melbye, Graphite and charcoal
Anton Melbye (Danish, Copenhagen 1818–1875 Paris)
1853
View from the Citadel Ramparts in Copenhagen by Moonlight, Martinus Rørbye, Oil on canvas
Martinus Rørbye (Danish, Drammen 1803–1848 Copenhagen)
1839
The Harbor of Copenhagen from the Esplanade between Langelinie Park and Toldboden or the Customs House, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Pen and gray ink, brush and gray wash, over graphite; verso: graphite; framing line in pen and black ink
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (Danish, Blåkrog 1783–1853 Copenhagen)
1809
View of Frederiksborg Castle from the Northeast, Johan Christian Dahl, Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, over a sketch in graphite
Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian, Bergen 1788–1857 Dresden)
1817
Linear Perspective, Applied to the Art of Painting: A Collection of Studies in Perspective, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Eleven etched plates
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (Danish, Blåkrog 1783–1853 Copenhagen)
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (Danish, Blåkrog 1783–1853 Copenhagen)
1841
German Landscape with View towards a Broad Valley, Fritz Petzholdt, Oil on paper, laid down on canvas
Fritz Petzholdt (Danish, Copenhagen 1805–1838 Patras)
ca. 1829–30
A Large Oak, Lorenz Frølich, Oil on paper
Lorenz Frølich (Danish, Copenhagen 1820–1908 Hellerup)
1837
Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen, Constantin Hansen, Oil on paper, laid down on canvas
Constantin Hansen (Danish, Rome 1804–1880 Frederiksberg)
1858
A Section of the Via Sacra, Rome (The Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian), Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Oil on canvas
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (Danish, Blåkrog 1783–1853 Copenhagen)
ca. 1814–15
Moonlight, Strandgade 30, Vilhelm Hammershøi, Oil on canvas
Vilhelm Hammershøi (Danish, Copenhagen 1864–1916 Copenhagen)
1900–1906
A Section of the Via Sacra, Rome (The Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian), Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Graphite, brush and gray wash, framed with graphite and brush and blue watercolor
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (Danish, Blåkrog 1783–1853 Copenhagen)
1814–15
View of the Town of Frederiksberg from the West, with Copenhagen on the Horizon, Heinrich Gustav Ferdinand Holm, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over graphite; framing line in pen and black ink, by the artist
Heinrich Gustav Ferdinand Holm (Danish, Berlin 1803–1861 Copenhagen)
ca. 1823
A Sunny Street at Tivoli, Thorald Læssøe, Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, over graphite
Thorald Læssøe (Danish, Frederikshavn 1816–1878 Copenhagen)
1846
Portrait of Vilhelm Hammershøi, Peter Ilsted, Etching
Peter Ilsted (Danish, Sakskøbing 1861–1933 Copenhagen)
Vilhelm Hammershøi (Danish, Copenhagen 1864–1916 Copenhagen)
1900
Slender Trees on a Hill, Vilhelm Hammershøi, Graphite, incised for transfer; verso: made black with graphite, chalk or charcoal
Vilhelm Hammershøi (Danish, Copenhagen 1864–1916 Copenhagen)
1896 or later
Transept of Aarhus Cathedral, Christen Købke, Etching
Christen Købke (Danish, Copenhagen 1810–1848 Copenhagen)
1831
Maritime Views, Peter Vilhelm Carl Kyhn, Etchings
Peter Vilhelm Carl Kyhn (Danish, Copenhagen 1819–1903 Frederiksberg)
1849–53
The Hall of Antiquities at Charlottenborg Palace, Copenhagen, Adam August Müller, Oil on canvas
Adam August Müller (Danish, Copenhagen 1811–1844 Copenhagen)
1830
Copenhagen Harbor by Moonlight, Johan Christian Dahl, Oil on canvas
Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian, Bergen 1788–1857 Dresden)
1846
Panorama of the Copenhagen Roads, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Graphite, pen and black ink, brush and grey wash, on five sheets of paper
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (Danish, Blåkrog 1783–1853 Copenhagen)
1828–39
At a Window in the Artist's Studio, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Pen and gray ink and brush and brown wash over graphite, framed in light blue watercolor, with white heightening
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (Danish, Blåkrog 1783–1853 Copenhagen)
1852
One of the Small Towers on Frederiksborg Castle, Christen Købke, Pen, black and brown ink, brush and gray wash
Christen Købke (Danish, Copenhagen 1810–1848 Copenhagen)
1831
Roof Ridge of Frederiksborg Castle with View of Lake, Town, and Forest, Christen Købke, Pen and black ink, graphite, brush and black wash
Christen Købke (Danish, Copenhagen 1810–1848 Copenhagen)
ca. 1834–35
Viborg, Seen from Asmild Klosterhave, near Søndersø, Martinus Rørbye, Brush and watercolor over graphite
Martinus Rørbye (Danish, Drammen 1803–1848 Copenhagen)
1830
View from the Domed Hall at Charlottenborg in Copenhagen, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Graphite, pen and black ink, brush and gray wash
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (Danish, Blåkrog 1783–1853 Copenhagen)
1845
Southern Aisle of Saint Canute’s in Odense, Christen Købke, Graphite
Christen Købke (Danish, Copenhagen 1810–1848 Copenhagen)
1835
Karusselgården at Frederiksborg Castle, Jørgen Pedersen Roed, Graphite, brush and gray wash
Jørgen Pedersen Roed (Danish, Ringsted 1808–1888 Copenhagen)
1834
View of Copenhagen from the Dosseringen, Christen Købke, Oil on paper
Christen Købke (Danish, Copenhagen 1810–1848 Copenhagen)
1838
View of Copenhagen from the Round Tower, Heinrich Gustav Ferdinand Holm, Graphite, brush and watercolor
Heinrich Gustav Ferdinand Holm (Danish, Berlin 1803–1861 Copenhagen)
ca. 1836
Ships in a Quiet Weather, Peter Vilhelm Carl Kyhn, Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash
Peter Vilhelm Carl Kyhn (Danish, Copenhagen 1819–1903 Frederiksberg)
1883
Anchors in a Copenhagen Square, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Graphite, pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, framed with brush and blue watercolor
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (Danish, Blåkrog 1783–1853 Copenhagen)
1838
Corvette Being Built at Nyholm Naval Base with Spanteloftsbygningen in the Background, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Graphite, pen and black ink, brush and brown wash
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (Danish, Blåkrog 1783–1853 Copenhagen)
1828
Wreck on the Northern Beach, Sank on May 9, 1832, Martinus Rørbye, Brush and watercolor
Martinus Rørbye (Danish, Drammen 1803–1848 Copenhagen)
1833
Past, Present, Future: Young Man Sitting under a Tree on a Rock with His Hands in Front of His Face, Johan Thomas Lundbye, Pen and black ink, brush and black and gray washes, brush and watercolor
Johan Thomas Lundbye (Danish, Kalundborg 1818–1848 Bedsted)
1844
Lorenz Frølich Sitting in a Passage Grave, Johan Thomas Lundbye, Pen and gray ink, brush and watercolor
Johan Thomas Lundbye (Danish, Kalundborg 1818–1848 Bedsted)
1840
A Group of Danish Artists in Rome, Constantin Hansen, Oil on canvas
Constantin Hansen (Danish, Rome 1804–1880 Frederiksberg)
1837
Refsnæs, Coastscape, Johan Thomas Lundbye, Pen and brown and gray ink, brush and watercolor
Johan Thomas Lundbye (Danish, Kalundborg 1818–1848 Bedsted)
1844
Portrait of Professor Frederik Christian Sibbern, Christen Købke, Graphite and brush with sepia wash
Christen Købke (Danish, Copenhagen 1810–1848 Copenhagen)
1833
View of Kronborg from the Coast North of Helsingør (Elsinore), Johan Thomas Lundbye, Pen and gray and black ink, brush and watercolor
Johan Thomas Lundbye (Danish, Kalundborg 1818–1848 Bedsted)
1848
Landscape in Moonlight (A Hunter next to a Dolmen), Jørgen Pedersen Roed, Brush and gray and greenish washes over graphite
Jørgen Pedersen Roed (Danish, Ringsted 1808–1888 Copenhagen)
ca. 1835
View from Sèvres of the Old Seine Bridge with the Park in Saint-Cloud in the Background, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Graphite, brush and brown and gray washes, framed with brush and blue-gray watercolor
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (Danish, Blåkrog 1783–1853 Copenhagen)
1811
Figures by the Seine, Paris, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Graphite, pen and brown and black ink, brush and brown and gray washes
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (Danish, Blåkrog 1783–1853 Copenhagen)
1812
Pont de la Concorde, Seen from the Quai des Tuileries Facing the Palais Bourbon, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Graphite, pen and gray ink, brush and gray wash
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (Danish, Blåkrog 1783–1853 Copenhagen)
1812
Venice Seen from the Lagoon, Peter Christian Thamsen Skovgaard, Pen and gray ink, brush and watercolor
Peter Christian Thamsen Skovgaard (Danish, Ringsted 1817–1875 Copenhagen)
1854
The Square in Front of the Imperial Gate (Bab-ı-Hümâyûn) in Constantinople, Martinus Rørbye, Graphite, brush and watercolor
Martinus Rørbye (Danish, Drammen 1803–1848 Copenhagen)
1836
Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens, Martinus Rørbye, Graphite, brush and watercolor
Martinus Rørbye (Danish, Drammen 1803–1848 Copenhagen)
1836
View of the Forum at Pompeii, Christen Købke, Graphite
Christen Købke (Danish, Copenhagen 1810–1848 Copenhagen)
1840
Excavation in Front of the Propylaea, Athens, Martinus Rørbye, Graphite, pen and black ink, brush and gray-brown wash
Martinus Rørbye (Danish, Drammen 1803–1848 Copenhagen)
1835
Study of a Pergola at Capri, Christen Købke, Graphite
Christen Købke (Danish, Copenhagen 1810–1848 Copenhagen)
1839
View over Holmens Canal to the Stock Exchange, Christiansborg Palace, and Holmens Church, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Pen and black ink wash, pen and brown ink over black chalk
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (Danish, Blåkrog 1783–1853 Copenhagen)
1846
Corvette “Najaden", Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (Danish, Blåkrog 1783–1853 Copenhagen)
1833
Church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo Seen from Villa Casale, Rome, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Graphite
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (Danish, Blåkrog 1783–1853 Copenhagen)
1815
Santo Stefano Rotondo, Rome, Vilhelm Hammershøi, Graphite
Vilhelm Hammershøi (Danish, Copenhagen 1864–1916 Copenhagen)
1902
Hull under Construction, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Graphite, pen and black ink, brush and gray wash
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (Danish, Blåkrog 1783–1853 Copenhagen)
1827
Landscape with Dolmen, Johan Thomas Lundbye, Pen and black ink with brush and gray wash
Johan Thomas Lundbye (Danish, Kalundborg 1818–1848 Bedsted)
1841
Landscape with Dolmen by the Sea, Johan Thomas Lundbye, Brush and gray wash
Johan Thomas Lundbye (Danish, Kalundborg 1818–1848 Bedsted)
ca. 1838–48
Study from Sørups Field near Frederiksværk, Johan Thomas Lundbye, Oil on paper mounted on board
Johan Thomas Lundbye (Danish, Kalundborg 1818–1848 Bedsted)
1841
Forest Floor, Fritz Petzholdt, Oil on paper, mounted on canvas
Fritz Petzholdt (Danish, Copenhagen 1805–1838 Patras)
ca. 1825–26
Prospect from Monte Aventino above the Ripa Grande, Rome, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Graphite with brush and gray wash
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (Danish, Blåkrog 1783–1853 Copenhagen)
1814
View of the Roman Forum with the Arch of Septimius Severus, Constantin Hansen, Oil on paper mounted on board
Constantin Hansen (Danish, Rome 1804–1880 Frederiksberg)
ca. 1841
Scene in Constantinople, Martinus Rørbye, Graphite, brush and watercolor
Martinus Rørbye (Danish, Drammen 1803–1848 Copenhagen)
1835–36
Self-Portrait, Johan Thomas Lundbye, Graphite
Johan Thomas Lundbye (Danish, Kalundborg 1818–1848 Bedsted)
1837
Frederik (Frtiz) Petzholdt, Jørgen Pedersen Roed, Graphite
Jørgen Pedersen Roed (Danish, Ringsted 1808–1888 Copenhagen)
1828–88
View from Kalvebod Strand near Copenhagen, Peter Vilhelm Carl Kyhn, Oil on paper mounted on canvas
Peter Vilhelm Carl Kyhn (Danish, Copenhagen 1819–1903 Frederiksberg)
1853
View of Olevano, Italy, Peter Christian Thamsen Skovgaard, Oil on canvas
Peter Christian Thamsen Skovgaard (Danish, Ringsted 1817–1875 Copenhagen)
1869
A Dolmen at Sunset, Johan Thomas Lundbye, Pen and black ink and brush and watercolor
Johan Thomas Lundbye (Danish, Kalundborg 1818–1848 Bedsted)
1844
Portrait of Christen Købke, Wilhelm Marstrand, Oil on canvas
Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish, Copenhagen 1810–1873 Copenhagen)
1839
A Young Artist (Ditlev Blunck) Examining a Sketch in the Mirror, Wilhelm Bendz, Oil on canvas
Wilhelm Bendz (Danish, Odense 1804–1832 Vicenza)
1826
Portrait of C. W. Eckersberg, Christian Albrecht Jensen, Oil on canvas
Christian Albrecht Jensen (Danish, Bredstedt 1792–1870 Copenhagen)
1832
Self-Portrait with Knapsack, Munich, Wilhelm Bendz, Graphite
Wilhelm Bendz (Danish, Odense 1804–1832 Vicenza)
1831
Portrait of Fritz Petzholdt, Wilhelm Bendz, Graphite
Wilhelm Bendz (Danish, Odense 1804–1832 Vicenza)
1830
Portrait of Jørgen Roed, Christen Købke, Graphite
Christen Købke (Danish, Copenhagen 1810–1848 Copenhagen)
1837
Portrait of P.C. Skovgaard, Lorenz Frølich, Pen and black ink
Lorenz Frølich (Danish, Copenhagen 1820–1908 Hellerup)
ca. 1840
Room in Secular Convent of Unmarried Noblewomen in Odense, Wilhelm Bendz, Graphite, pen and brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash
Wilhelm Bendz (Danish, Odense 1804–1832 Vicenza)
1831
Pier and Detail of Sortedamssøen, Christen Købke, Graphite
Christen Købke (Danish, Copenhagen 1810–1848 Copenhagen)
1838
Limewood Tree, Christen Købke, Graphite
Christen Købke (Danish, Copenhagen 1810–1848 Copenhagen)
ca. 1838
Salomon's Chapel, Bornholm, Peter Vilhelm Carl Kyhn, Graphite, brush and watercolor
Peter Vilhelm Carl Kyhn (Danish, Copenhagen 1819–1903 Frederiksberg)
1843
Starboard Battery and Deck of the Corvette “Najaden,”, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Oil on canvas
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (Danish, Blåkrog 1783–1853 Copenhagen)
1833
Study with Figures on Board a Gunboat, Martinus Rørbye, Graphite, brush and watercolor
Martinus Rørbye (Danish, Drammen 1803–1848 Copenhagen)
1834
View of a Beach Landscape with Storm Clouds and Two Men Working, Martinus Rørbye, Graphite, brush and watercolor
Martinus Rørbye (Danish, Drammen 1803–1848 Copenhagen)
1830–32
View of Altona Overlooking the Elbe, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Graphite, pen and black ink, brush and gray and brown washes
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (Danish, Blåkrog 1783–1853 Copenhagen)
1810
Fragments of Columns from the Forum at Pompeii, Christen Købke, Graphite
Christen Købke (Danish, Copenhagen 1810–1848 Copenhagen)
1840
The Castle in Nuremberg, Fritz Petzholdt, Graphite
Fritz Petzholdt (Danish, Copenhagen 1805–1838 Patras)
1830–31
Scene of Rome Rooftops, Martinus Rørbye, Graphite
Martinus Rørbye (Danish, Drammen 1803–1848 Copenhagen)
1841
Figures on a Pathway near Lake Geneva (verso); Figures Contemplating Lake Geneva (recto), Martinus Rørbye, Graphite, brush and brown and gray washes
Martinus Rørbye (Danish, Drammen 1803–1848 Copenhagen)
1834
The Forum, Pompeii, with Vesuvius in the Distance, Christen Købke, Oil on canvas
Christen Købke (Danish, Copenhagen 1810–1848 Copenhagen)
1841
Portrait of Michael Gottlieb Birckner Bindesbøll, Constantin Hansen, Graphite
Constantin Hansen (Danish, Rome 1804–1880 Frederiksberg)
ca. 1837
Interior with an Easel, Bredgade 25, Vilhelm Hammershøi, Oil on canvas
Vilhelm Hammershøi (Danish, Copenhagen 1864–1916 Copenhagen)
1912
Portrait of Bertel Thorvaldsen, Johan Vilhelm Gertner, Graphite, brush and gray wash with white heightening
Johan Vilhelm Gertner (Danish, Copenhagen 1818–1871 Copenhagen)
1843
Self-Portrait, Ditlev Blunck, Oil on canvas
Ditlev Blunck (Danish, 1798–1854)
ca. 1817
View of Saint-Cloud, France, Jens Peter Møller, Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash
Jens Peter Møller (Danish, Faaborg 1783–1854 Copenhagen)
1811
Marine Scene, study for Linear Perspective, plate IXb, figure I, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Pen and black ink with brush and gray wash over graphite
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (Danish, Blåkrog 1783–1853 Copenhagen)
ca. 1840
Entrance to the Vicarage at Hellested, Martinus Rørbye, Oil on paper
Martinus Rørbye (Danish, Drammen 1803–1848 Copenhagen)
1844

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Dates
January 26th - April 16th, 2023
Free with Museum admission