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accession number:	1995.66
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The Slotskirken of Christiansborg, Copenhagen, c. 1850s. Heinrich Hansen (Danish, 1821–1890). Oil on fabric; framed: 48.5 x 44 x 2.5 cm (19 1/8 x 17 5/16 x 1 in.); unframed: 35.4 x 31.4 cm (13 15/16 x 12 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1995.66

title:				The Slotskirken of Christiansborg, Copenhagen
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creation date:			c. 1850s
creation date earliest:		1850
creation date latest:		1859
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creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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culture:	Denmark, 19th century
technique:	oil on fabric
department:	Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Heinrich Hansen (Danish, 1821–1890)  - artist
After an initial training as a painter in Flensborg, Hansen attended the Academy in Copenhagen from 1842 until 1846, where he concentrated on decorative painting. Like Købke (q.v.), Hansen was involved with the painted decorations of the Thorvaldsens Museum in Copenhagen. He traveled frequently, for example, to Germany in 1847, and in 1850 left for an extensive two-year European journey, visiting Spain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Great Britain. Later, in 1868-69 and 1875, he visited Italy. For many years he taught perspective and ornamental design at the Copenhagen Academy and was a member of numerous artistic committees inside and outside of this institution. As a consequence, Hansen became an influential figure in the Danish art world. From 1868 through 1890 he was the artistic director of the Copenhagen porcelain manufacturer Bing & Grøndahl. He strongly advocated the aesthetic enhancement of industrial products. Because of his premier position as a designer and his interest in the Renaissance, Danish art of a historic bent predominantly leaned toward a neo-Renaissance style. As a painter, Hansen was the first Danish artist to specialize in architectural painting. He received rapid fame for his detailed and harmonious depictions of buildings and richly decorated interiors, often in the Renaissance style. His minute studies of Frederiksborg Castle were used for the reconstruction of its interior after the fire of 1859. Hansen was also involved with the rebuilding of the famous Neptune fountain by the sculptor Adriaen de Vries (ca. 1546-1626) at Frederiksborg, which had been dismantled during the Swedish occupation in 1659.
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measurements: Framed: 48.5 x 44 x 2.5 cm (19 1/8 x 17 5/16 x 1 in.); Unframed: 35.4 x 31.4 cm (13 15/16 x 12 3/8 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed in black paint lower right corner: H. H.


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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Simon Dickinson, Ltd., London. Purchased by the CMA on 4 December 1995.
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Among the many important neoclassical buildings erected in Copenhagen during the 1800s was the Slotskirke or royal chapel, completed in 1826. Heinrich Hansen painted this sober, quiet view of the chapel's interior, carefully rendering its delicate shadows and patches of sunlight. Probably inspired by 17th-century Dutch paintings of church interiors, the artist accurately portrayed many of the building's features. The angels in the pendentives (the triangular areas beneath the circular dome) were carved by the great Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1768-1884).
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “The Cleveland Museum of Art Acquires Major Works,” December 20, 1995, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4002

	Argencourt, Louise d', and Roger Diederen. <em>Catalogue of Paintings</em>. <em>Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 350-352, Vol. II, no. 122
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