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Valdemar Hjartvar Købke (1813–1893), the Artist's Brother

ca. 1838
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 807
This portrait of Købke’s younger brother in his seaman’s uniform was painted soon before the artist left Copenhagen for a sojourn in Italy. It is an incisive likeness, remarkable for its psychological intensity. Købke, who is widely regarded as the greatest Danish painter to emerge from the Copenhagen Academy of Fine Arts, brought a distinctive clarity and luminosity to the naturalist aesthetic of his teacher, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Valdemar Hjartvar Købke (1813–1893), the Artist's Brother
  • Artist: Christen Købke (Danish, Copenhagen 1810–1848 Copenhagen)
  • Date: ca. 1838
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 21 1/8 x 18 1/4 in. (53.7 x 46.4 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1990
  • Object Number: 1990.233
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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