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Constantin Hansen (1804-1880)

Aliases: Carl Christian Constantin Hansen

Professions: Painter; Etcher

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    Constantin Hansen View from Villa Mattei over the

    Constantin Hansen View from Villa Mattei over the

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    Constantin Hansen: Kværkeby Church near Ringsted.

    Constantin Hansen: Kværkeby Church near Ringsted.

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    Constantin Hansen: Landscape from Terracina, evening.

    Constantin Hansen: Landscape from Terracina, evening.

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    Constantin Hansen: Portrait of Martin Hammerich (1811-1881) later professor, three-quarter lenght portrait, en face

    Constantin Hansen: Portrait of Martin Hammerich (1811-1881) later professor, three-quarter lenght portrait, en face".

Constantin Hansen Biography

(b Rome, 3 Nov 1804; d Frederiksberg, 29 March 1880). Danish painter. In 1816 he entered the Kongelige Akademi for de Skønne Kunster, Copenhagen, intending to study architecture; however he later became attracted to painting and worked under C. W. Eckersberg from 1828 to 1833. Around the middle of the 1820s he started developing an individual style of portraiture, which had matured by 1830. He often used his sisters and friends as models; using simple costumes, poses and compositions, he managed to endow his pictures with the intimacy and warmth that mark the Danish Golden Age. The Artist’s Sisters Signe and Henriette Reading a Book (1826; Copenhagen, Stat. Mus. Kst) is a fine example of his combination of natural observation with Neo-classical idealization. Under Eckersberg, who encouraged both, he strengthened his natural flair for painting serene architectural views of Copenhagen.

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  • Constantin Hansen: From the painter's home. Thora C. H. dandles on her sister Signe's lap., Constantin Hansen, Click for value View Details

    Constantin Hansen

    Constantin Hansen: From the painter's home. Thora C. H. dandles on her sister Signe's lap.

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    Constantin Hansen: Portrait of a lady.

  • Constantin Hansen , Danish 1804-1880 Neptuns tempel ved Pestum (The Temple of Poseidon, Paestum) oil on canvas , Constantin Hansen, Click for value View Details

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    Constantin Hansen , Danish 1804-1880 Neptuns tempel ved Pestum (The Temple of Poseidon, Paestum) oil on canvas

  • Constantin Hansen Kronborg Castle. Unsigned. Oil, Constantin Hansen, Click for value View Details

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    Constantin Hansen Kronborg Castle. Unsigned. Oil

  • : Constantin Hansen: Study of the Northern God, Constantin Hansen, Click for value View Details

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    : Constantin Hansen: Study of the Northern God

  • Constantin Hansen : Thrush. Unsigned, indicated on, Constantin Hansen, Click for value View Details

    Constantin Hansen

    Constantin Hansen : Thrush. Unsigned, indicated on

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