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Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg

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Sunset landscape with rolling fields, a farm, a sea horizon, and a seated couple at a gate beside a tree.

Landscape with a Stile. The Isle of Møn

1810

Portrait of a woman in a white lace and yellow dress with curled hair, resting her hand on a red chair against a dark backgro

Portrait of Emilie Henriette Massmann, Betrothed of Frederik Wilhelm Caspar von Benzon

1820

Painted portrait of a woman in blue silk holding a young girl in white with rosebuds, against green drapery.

Portrait of a Noblewoman Sophie Hedvig Løvenskiold and her Three-Year-Old Daughter

1817

Painting of a crowd hurrying past an open doorway toward a tree, with a woman in a red dress shading her eyes in the foregrou

View through a Door to Running Figures

1845

Half-length oil portrait of a woman with curled dark hair, wearing a pink dress with a white ruffled collar.

Suzanne Juel. The Artist's Sister-in-Law and later to Become his Third Wife

1823

Painting of a domed church with brick apse and weathered buildings on the Via Sacra, with trees and a walking man in the fore

A Section of the Via Sacra, Rome (The Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian)

ca. 1814-15

Oil portrait of a young woman in a white dress seated by a chair, with curly hair and drop earrings, in a paneled room.

Julie Eckersberg, née Juel, the Artist's Second Wife

1817

Oil painting of a sailing ship's deck with green gun carriages, cannons, rigging, sails and sailors under a cloudy sky.

The Starboard Battery and the Deck of the Corvette "Najaden"

1833

Painting of a shaded garden pergola with vines, a lion-mask fountain, and a view through an arch to distant hills.

A Pergola, Italy

1814-1816

Seated woman in pink drapery extends her arm toward a distant sea and coastline under a cloudy sky.

Alcyone's Farewell to her Husband. From Ovid's Metamorphoses, Song XI

1813

Oil portrait of a young woman with a curl on her forehead, wearing a white dress against a dark green background.

Christine Rebekka Eckersberg, née Hyssing, the artist's first wife

1809

Portrait of a young girl with auburn curls, black dress and bead necklace, leaning on a wooden chair against a dark backgroun

The Artist's Daughter, Emilie

1827

Oil portrait of a woman in a white dress with lace collar, holding a book and red shawl against a dark background.

The Actress Johanne Cathrine Rosing

1807-1811

Painting of two three-masted sailing ships on choppy sea, a rowboat in front, and a castle on the distant shore under clouds.

Russian sailing ships off Kronborg castle

1826

Two-masted schooner with white sails crossing choppy blue sea toward a low island on the horizon.

Marine painting of the island of Hjelm and the coast of Jutland

1845

Oil painting of a three-masted sailing ship under full sail on choppy blue sea, with smaller boats on the horizon.

The Corvette Najaden under Sail

1834

Night harbor scene with two moored sailboats, figures on a pier, and a full moon reflecting on calm water.

Moonlight picture

1821

Painting of a sailing boat on rough sea under a double rainbow, with two tall ships in the background.

Rainbow at sea with some cruising ships

1836

Monks in brown habits hand out bread from a basket to poor families in a courtyard before a church with a Madonna statue.

Vicelin distributing Bread among the Poor

1812

Three-masted ship firing a broadside in smoke beside a red-and-white Danish steamer on rough grey sea.

The Harbour of Copenhagen the 1st of May 1832

1832

Painting of three arches of the Colosseum framing a view of Rome's rooftops, church towers and clouds.

A View through Three Arches of the Third Storey of the Colosseum

1815

Nude woman from behind adjusting her hair in an oval mirror with a red frame, white drapery at her hips.

A nude woman doing her hair before a mirror

1841

Two women in period dress in an interior with a green parrot in a brass birdcage beside a wooden table.

Bella and Hanna. The Eldest Daughters of M. L. Nathanson

1820

Painting of a three-masted ship of the line and a frigate at anchor under dramatic clouds, with a small sailboat in the foreg

The Russian Ship of the Line "Asow" and a Frigate at Anchor in the Roads of Elsinore

1828

Two tall sailing ships on rough sea with a rowboat in front, a fortress on the left shore, and dramatic clouds overhead.

Venäläisiä purjelaivoja Helsingørin sataman suulla

1826

Woman in red kneeling at a stream filling a jug, with a nude boy seated on rocks nearby in a wooded landscape.

Hagar and Ishmael in the wilderness

1813

Painting of Colosseum interior ruins with a kneeling bearded man in green robe beside a column and a small chapel.

View of the Interior of the Colosseum

1816

Painting of a Danish corvette and a smaller brig with Danish flag sailing on choppy sea under a pale sky.

A Danish Corvette Laying to in order to Confer with a Danish Brig: The Scene Being Set in West Indian Waters

1827

Painting of a sunlit coast with red-roofed brick buildings, a pier, choppy sea and a cloudy sky.

Renbjærg Tileworks by Flensburg Fiord

1830

Maleren Jens Juels søn, Jens

1807

Painting of the Tiber river with Castel Sant'Angelo, a stone bridge, and two figures fishing in the foreground.

A View across the Tiber from Trastevere towards Castel S. Angelo

1815

Oil painting of a three-masted corvette battling rough green waves under a dramatic cloudy sky.

The Corvette "Galathea" in a Storm in the North Sea

1839

Painting of a fleet of sailing warships at anchor on choppy sea under cumulus clouds, with a small boat in front.

A Russian Fleet at Anchor near Elsinore

1826

Painting of a round stone tower and low buildings on a rocky hill with bushes under a blue sky.

A Building near Tor di Quinto outside Rome

1815

Painting of a winding river across a flat plain, framed by weathered stone pillars in the foreground and distant hills under

View from the Fontana Acetosa, Rome

1814-1816

Painting of a sunlit marble staircase leading to a brick church in Rome, with bronze lion fountains and people in the square.

The Marble Steps leading up to the Church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli in Rome

1814-1816

Oil painting of a reclining nude woman with a dark headband, gazing upward, resting her arm on a green drape.

Reclining Female Nude

1811

Painting of a wooded ravine with a waterfall and three figures on a path, a man in a top hat and two women in white dresses.

The Devil's Cleft at Liselund Manor. The Island of Møn

1809

Oval oil portrait of a man with tousled reddish hair, blue coat and white cravat, against a dark background.

Self-Portrait

1807-1810

Painting of sailing ships and a small sailboat on choppy blue sea under large clouds, with a castle on distant shore.

Ships in the Sound North of Kronborg Castle, Elsinore

1847

Oil painting of Kronborg castle ramparts with cannons, a flag, and sailing ships on the sound under cumulus clouds.

A View towards the Swedish Coast from the Ramparts of Kronborg Castle

1829

Painting of an American brig at anchor with sails hung out to dry, small boats nearby, and a calm sea under cloudy sky.

An American Naval Brig Lying at Anchor while Her Sails Are Drying

1831-1832

View of Kullen from the lake off Mølleleje

View of Kullen from the lake off Mølleleje

1829

A Fire at Night

A Fire at Night

1807

Two Russian Ships of the Line Saluting

Two Russian Ships of the Line Saluting

1827

Painted interior with a man in a red coat gesturing to a woman in an apron, a man in a tricorn hat, and a peeking figure at a

From Ludvig Holberg's "Jean de France", Act 1, Scene 6

1812

Loki snd Sigyn

Loki snd Sigyn

1810

Painting of a sunlit cloister with arched vaults, columns, and brown-robed monks walking and reading in the arcade.

The Cloisters, San Lorenzo fuori le mura

1824

Four figures struggle against wind and rain on a cobbled street, one holding a green umbrella, beside a brick wall.

Street Scene in Windy and Rainy Weather

1846

Painting of a brick church with a tall bell tower, figures on a dirt road, a donkey rider, and men resting on grass.

Sant'Agnese fuori le mura, Rome

1815

Figures run across a moonlit wooden bridge toward a town with a windmill and red-roofed houses at dusk.

Langebro, Copenhagen, in the Moonlight with Running Figures

1836

Painting of a carnival crowd in Rome with a woman in a red dress and a harlequin in patterned costume.

The Carnival in Rome. Fragment

1828

Painted study of cumulus clouds over a dark, flat sea horizon, lit warmly on their upper edges.

Study of Clouds over the Sea

1826

Garden with tall cypress trees, a marble bust on a pedestal, and a yellow villa with a glasshouse behind a stone wall.

View of the Gardens of the Villa Albani. Rome

1814-1816

Painting of a stone gateway, brick walls and a large palace on a hill under a clear blue sky, with a dirt road in front.

Porta Angelica and Part of the Vatican

1813

Painting of a sick man in bed drinking from a goblet, watched by attendants and a bearded reader in a yellow cloak.

Alexander the Great on his Sickbed

1806

Painting of the Tiber river in Rome with the Aventine hill, three figures and a child on a cobbled path in the foreground.

View of the Tiber towards the Aventin Hill in Rome

1814-1817

Painting of a smiling woman in a red skirt and white headscarf dancing with a raised tambourine against a brown background.

A Dancing Italian Girl

1813-1816

Portrait of a woman in a tall white feathered headdress, grey silk dress and patterned shawl against a dark background.

Madam Wolff

1818

Painting of a garden gateway with Doric columns, classical statues and cypress trees beside a sunlit path.

View of the Garden of the Villa Borghese in Rome

1814

Family group portrait in an interior with children in white dresses, a toddler in orange, and parents at right.

The Nathanson Family

1818

Oil painting of a large sailing ship on choppy sea at sunset, with two smaller ships on the horizon under dark clouds.

The Corvette "Galathea" Lying to in order to Send Help to the Brig "St Jean"

1839

Moses in a red robe raises his staff toward storm clouds above the sea while a crowd of people gathers on rocks.

Moses causes the Red Sea to recede and Pharaoh's army to be flooded

1815

Oil painting of a sunlit cloister courtyard seen through two arches, with a stone column, trees, garden plants, and brick arc

The Cloisters of San Lorenzo fuori le mura in Rome

1814-1816