FOLLOWER OF JENS JØRGENSEN JUEL | The artist and his wife Rosine, née Dørschel

oil on canvas, unlined A copy after Juel's 1791 original now in the Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen.1 Juel was a leading Danish painter best known for his landscapes and portraits. He painted compositionally balanced works in a harmonious palette, continuing a classical painterly tradition. He travelled to Hamburg, Dresden, Paris and Rome. Juel was among the first Danish artists to paint pure landscapes based on studies from nature; his landscapes are a particularly fine example of early Danish Romanticism. It is, however, his small-format portraits such as the present composition in which he was an evident master. 1 E. Poulsen, 'Jens Juel I', Copenhagen 1991, vol. I, pp. 155–56, cat. no. 534, reproduced vol. II, p. 339.

With Kunsthandel Otto Lemming, Copenhagen.

All paintings available to view at the Sotheby’s Greenford Park warehouse, 5 - 7 and 10 – 13 September (10 - 4pm), by appointment. The canvas is unlined, the paint surface is stable and the varnish even and clear. There are no major damages visible to the naked eye. There are one or two retouchings visible under UV light but very little intervention otherwise. Where the paint has thinned a little one can see the lines where the canvas has been squared up to aid the copiest to transfer the design. In very good overall condition. Offered in a gilt wood frame with a carved sight edge, in fair condition.
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