Provenance
Sold by the artist to Jacobsen, Denmark, August 7, 1824 [according to Eckersberg's daybook citied in Copenhagen 1895]; by descent to his son, W. Jacobsen and his daughter, B. Jacobsen, Denmark, by 1895 [lent by them to Copengagen 1895]. Eduard Ree, Copenhagen; sold, Ree estate sale, October 16-18, 1918, lot 17. Sold, Arne Bruun Rasmussen Kunstauktioner, Copenhagen, November 29, 1985, lot 29. Richard Feigen, New York, by 1985; sold to the Art Institute, 1986.
Accession Number
64979
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
57.7 × 78.8 cm (22 5/8 × 31 in.); Framed: 76.2 × 97.2 cm (30 × 38 1/4 in.)
Classification
oil on canvas
Credit Line
European Painting Purchase fund; through prior gift of Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
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