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Johan Thomas Lundbye (b. Kalundborg 1818, d. Bedsted 1848) Study of branches and tree trunks. Signed with monogram ved (at) Hellebek d 12 May 1838. Inscribed in upper left corner: 121. Drawing ink on blue paper. Sheet size 13.2×26.8 cm. Unframed. "In the spring of 1838, Lundbye taught himself, inspired by Lorenz Frølich to draw with pen and ink. Until then, he had used only pencil and brush in his drawings. In May, he went up to his parents at Frederiksværk to begin preparations for the Neuhausen Art Competition. The painting was supposed to depict a part of Jægersborg Deer Park with deer and hinds. In June, Lundbye submitted a drawn draft of the work. Lundbye started by making studies of trees and withered plants, which he found near his parents' home in places such as the Vinderød Forest. This also gave him the opportunity to practice with pen and ink." Marianne Saabye in “Tegninger & Huletanker”, Hirschsprung 1998, p. 184. The majority of these studies are today in the Hirsschsprung Collection. Of the 6 known studies on blue paper, the 5 others can be found here. Listing of ink numbers on Lundbye's drawings in “Tegninger & Huletanker”, Hirschsprung 1998: 1842–1843 folder I no. 121 (no description). The drawing is registered before another drawing from Hellebæk dated 12 May 1838 (that one in the Hirschsprung Collection, inv. no. 1016 r, reproduced in the listing catalogue p. 187). Exhibited: Bispegården (the bishop's manor), Kalundborg, “Johan Thomas Lundbye. Værker fra private samlinger”, 2018, no. 91. Reproduced in catalogue. Provenance: Bruun Rasmussen auction 587, 1993 no. 448. Private Danish collection of drawings by Johan Thomas Lundbye
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