DANISH SCHOOL, c. 1885

The Drawing Room of Cand. Jur. A.S. Behrend with Behrend reading a Book at a Window and a Self-Portrait of the Artist in the Mirror

Oil on canvas, unlined, in the original frame. 18 ⅞ x 26⅜in. (48 x 67 cm.)

 

The large painting on the living room wall is Oxen being driven in the Roman Campagna of 1878 by the Danish painter Theodor Philipsen (1840-1920). It is considered the masterpiece of Philipsen's Italian period. The painting was exhibited at Charlottenborg in 1879 and acquired by cand. jur. A. S. Behrend.