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Christen Købke
1810-1848.
Portrait of a Young Man
1841
Graphite; verso: graphite, very faint drawing of a face, cut off at top.
7 x 4 13/16 inches (179 x 122 mm)
Thaw Collection.
2017.139
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Inscription:
Inscribed at lower right edge, in pencil, "7 Novemb 1841".
Provenance:
Hother Vilhelm, the artist's brother; by descent, his great-great-grandchild; sale, Copenhagen, Arne Bruun Rasmussen Kunstauktioner, 27 February to 14 March 1985; Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw, New York.
Bibliography:
Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 222, repr.
Denison, Cara D. et al. The Thaw Collection : Master Drawings and New Acquisitions. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1994, no. 56.
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Watermark: none.
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