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Artist in the Global Art Registry
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
1783–1853 · Danish
- Born
- 1783 · Blåkrog
- Died
- 1853 · Copenhagen
27 works in the Collect24 Registry
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Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg was a Danish painter born in Blåkrog in the Duchy of Schleswig. He laid the foundation for the Golden Age of Danish Painting and is referred to as the "Father of Danish painting".
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Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (2 January 1783 – 22 July 1853) was a Danish painter. He was born in Blåkrog in the Duchy of Schleswig (now in Aabenraa Municipality, in the southern part of Jutland in Denmark). He went on to lay the foundation for the period of art known as the Golden Age of Danish Painting, and is referred to as the "Father of Danish painting".
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Registered works
27
In museum collections
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In gallery collections
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In private collections
Featured works
Selected registered works by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
Selected from 27 works by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg in the Collect24 Registry.
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
View from the Battery toward the City, 1836
graphite, pen and black and gray ink, and brush and gray wash on wove paper
18.5 × 31.5 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-209068
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
Frederik VI av Danmark (1768–1839), 1820
Nationalmuseum Sweden
C24-173839
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
Karen Margrethe Borch, 1837
Nationalmuseum Sweden
C24-173795
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
Oidipus och Antigone, 1812
Nationalmuseum Sweden
C24-173710
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
Den danske skulptören Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1832
Nationalmuseum Sweden
C24-173174
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
The Sword of Damocles; verso: Sketches of Man's Head and of a Figure with a Raised Arm, 1805
Pen and black ink, over graphite
31.9 × 25.4 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-586829
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
Sailing Vessels at Wilders Plads, Copenhagen, 1830
Pen and black ink with brush and brown and gray wash
21.5 × 16 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-489717
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
View of the Barrière de la Villette in Paris, 1810–13
Pen and gray ink, brush and gray wash, over graphite; framing lines in pen and gray ink
21.6 × 27.1 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-607395
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
The Surviving Horatian, first half 19th century
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash; framing lines in pen and black ink, by the artist
23.5 × 32 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-486830
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
The Harbor of Copenhagen from the Esplanade between Langelinie Park and Toldboden or the Customs House, 1809
Pen and gray ink, brush and gray wash, over graphite; verso: graphite; framing line in pen and black ink
33.7 × 46.2 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-562179
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
A Section of the Via Sacra, Rome (The Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian), 1814–15
Graphite, brush and gray wash, framed with graphite and brush and blue watercolor
25 × 35 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-546698
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
Oedipus and Antigone, 1812
oil paint
61.5 × 50 cm
Nationalmuseum
C24-187831
Museums and collections
Where works by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg are registered
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, United States
11 works
- Nationalmuseum Sweden
Stockholm, Sweden
7 works
- Nationalmuseum
Sweden
4 works
- Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
2 works
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
1 work
- National Gallery
United Kingdom
1 work
- National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
1 work
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