Landscape with Ruined Castle. Motif from Bornholm with Hammershus
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DatesMade: Made 1845
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Dimensionsh x w: Mått 162 x 221 cm h x w x d: Ram 191 x 254 x 10 cm
Inventory numberNM 3862
AcqusitionGift 1940 Director A. Stangenberg
Other titlesTitle (sv): Landskap med borgruin, motiv från Bornholm med Hammershus Title (en): Landscape with Ruined Castle. Motif from Bornholm with Hammershus Label (en): Landscape with a Ruined Castle, Hammershus on the Island Bornholm
DescriptionDescription: When other painters travelled to Jutland to widen their image of Denmark, Libert went east instead, to Bornholm, and the castle at Hammershus became a feature that, like Lundbye’s burial sites, linked the landscape to the nation’s history. This painting was purchased by Christian VIII, which made it one of the works that were involved in an official way in the formation of the image of Denmark as a nation.
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TechniquePainting