Martinus Rørbye (b. Drammen 1803, d. Copenhagen 1848) “Piazza Marina i Palermo. Til højre kirken S. Maria della Catena”. Piazza Marina in Palermo. To the right the church of Santa Maria della Catena. Signed and dated M. R. Palermo 1840. Oil on canvas laid on canvas. 31×48 cm. Thorvaldsen, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Martinus Rørbye 1981, no. M. 179. A study for no. M. 215 “Folkeliv ved havnen i Palermo” (Harbour scene, Palermo) from 1844 at Thorvaldsen Museum (inv. no. B287). Exhibited: Charlottenborg, “Udstilling af dansk Kunst fra Italien”, 1909 no. 321. Kunstforeningen, “Arbejder af M. Rørbye”, 1930 no. 9. Literature: Kunstforeningen, “Fortegnelse over M. Rørbyes arbejder”, 1905 no. 110 (not exhibited). Provenance: The artist's wife Rose Rørbye (1810–1859), her estate auction 1860 no. 8. Here acquired by chemist Alfred Benzon, his son chemist Otto Benzon (1905, 1909), his widow Ellen Benzon (1930). Bruun Rasmussen auction 201, 1966 no. 185, reproduced p. 47. Bruun Rasmussen auktion 481, 15. januar 1986, no. 144, reproduced. Private Danish collection. Rørbye mentions this painting several times in his travel journal from his second trip to Italy 1839–1841, from the time he began working on the painting on 4 September 1840 until he finished it on 13 September. Correction 23 November 2021: Oil on canvas laid on canvas.
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Martinus Rørbye (b. Drammen 1803, d. Copenhagen 1848) “Piazza Marina i Palermo. Til højre kirken S. Maria della Catena”. Piazza Marina in Palermo. To the right the church of Santa Maria della Catena. Signed and dated M. R. Palermo 1840. Oil on canvas laid on canvas. 31×48 cm. Thorvaldsen, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Martinus Rørbye 1981, no. M. 179. A study for no. M. 215 “Folkeliv ved havnen i Palermo” (Harbour scene, Palermo) from 1844 at Thorvaldsen Museum (inv. no. B287). Exhibited: Charlottenborg, “Udstilling af dansk Kunst fra Italien”, 1909 no. 321. Kunstforeningen, “Arbejder af M. Rørbye”, 1930 no. 9. Literature: Kunstforeningen, “Fortegnelse over M. Rørbyes arbejder”, 1905 no. 110 (not exhibited). Provenance: The artist's wife Rose Rørbye (1810–1859), her estate auction 1860 no. 8. Here acquired by chemist Alfred Benzon, his son chemist Otto Benzon (1905, 1909), his widow Ellen Benzon (1930). Bruun Rasmussen auction 201, 1966 no. 185, reproduced p. 47. Bruun Rasmussen auktion 481, 15. januar 1986, no. 144, reproduced. Private Danish collection. Rørbye mentions this painting several times in his travel journal from his second trip to Italy 1839–1841, from the time he began working on the painting on 4 September 1840 until he finished it on 13 September. Correction 23 November 2021: Oil on canvas laid on canvas.
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