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The Grocer Peter Petersen, the Artist's Uncle
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    The Grocer Peter Petersen, the Artist's Uncle

    TitleThe Grocer Peter Petersen, the Artist's Uncle
  • Technique/ MaterialOil on canvas
  • DimensionsDimensions: (h x b) 31,5 x 23 cm
    Frame: (h x b) 46 x 37,5 cm
  • DatingMade c. 1845
  • Artist/Maker Artist: Christen Købke, Danish, born 1810, dead 1848
  • Depicted PersonPeter Petersen, Danish, born probably after 1765
  • CategoryPaintings, Paintings
  • Classificationpainting
  • Inventory No.NM 7014
  • AcquisitionPurchase 2003 Stina Englund Fund
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    Købke’s many portraits of members of his family circle have an unembellished realism about them. This is true, for example, of his image of his misanthropic uncle, the grocer Peter Petersen, whom the artist portrayed on several occasions, a few years apart.