LOT 149 Introduction of absolute monarchy, Denmark 1660 Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg(Danish, 1783-1853)
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24.7 x 19.7cm (9 3/4 x 7 3/4in).
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (Danish, 1783-1853)
Introduction of absolute monarchy, Denmark 1660oil on canvas laid to panel 24.7 x 19.7cm (9 3/4 x 7 3/4in).
|ProvenanceAnon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 6 June 1990, lot 23.Private collection, UK.LiteratureEmil Hannover, Maleren C.W. Eckersberg: En Studi I Dansk Kunsthistorie,Copenhagen, 1898, no. 319.The treaty of Copenhagen in 1660 marked the conclusion of the Second Northern War between Sweden and the alliance of Denmark-Norway and established boundaries between the countries which still exist today. Shortly after this the elective monarchy in Denmark was replaced by the introduction of a hereditary monarchy. Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg was commissioned to paint a number of history paintings for the Christainsborg Palace in Copenhagen and it is thought that the present lot is a study for one of the works depicting the introduction of absolutism.
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