Christian Bang (b. Rönne 1868)

The visit to the studio of Thorvaldsen

细节

Christian Bang (b. Rönne 1868)
The visit to the studio of Thorvaldsen
signed and dated 'Chr. Bang 1899' (lower right)
oil on canvas
55¾ x 65in. (141.5 x 165.5cm.)

来源

with Claudio Gasparrini, Rome.

出版

Dr. U. Thieme and Dr. F. Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, Leipzig, 1908, p. 442.
M. McEvoy, 'Karl Lagerfeld's Roman Studio' in Vogue, September 1986, p. 427, illustrated.

展览

Copenhagen, The Thorvaldsen Museum, Foraars Udstillingen, 1899, no. 566 (Neuhausen Prize).

拍场告示

Please note that the canvas is unlined.

拍品专文

In the catalogue of the 1899 exhibition at the Thorvaldsen Museum, where the picture won the Neuhausen prize, it was described as follows: 'Visitors in Thorvaldsen's studio. The master shows and explains to two young women the relief of The Age of Love.' The identity of the visitors is unknown, and they were certainly imaginary, as the painting (which is dated 1899) was executed fifty-five years after Thorvaldsen's death. A couple are taking their three daughters on an educational art visit to the studio of the famous sculptor. As pointed out by M. William Gelius, curator at the Thorvaldsen Museum in Copenhagen, the real content of the painting is an anecdote: the educational art trip taking a suspicious turn. The experienced old artist looks intensely at the young beauties, surrounded by sculptures that emphasize the joy of living and love: to the left is Thorvaldsen's Dancer (1817), on the easel is the relief of The Ages of Love (1824), in the background is Ganymede with Jupiter's eagle (1817) and to the right is Adonis (1808).

We are grateful to M. William Gelius for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.