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Martinus Rørbye

113 works

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Interior window view of a harbour with sailing ships, flanked by potted pink hydrangeas, an aloe and a hanging birdcage.

View from the artist's window

1823-1827

Moonlit harbor scene with a brick tower, soldier with rifle, men on pier, and sailing boats on calm water.

View from the Citadel Ramparts in Copenhagen by Moonlight

1839

Painting of a sunlit Roman courtyard with a stone well, potted plants, brick walls, and a wooden door framed by beams.

View of a farm in Rome. Copy after Eckersberg

1825-1831

Interior of a church with golden mosaics, clergy at an altar, and kneeling worshippers on a patterned marble floor.

The interior of Capella Palatina in Palermo

1842

Oil portrait of an older woman in a lace bonnet and dark dress, sewing red embroidery against a brown background.

The artist's mother, Frederikke Eleonore Cathrine Rørbye, née Stockfleth (1773-1851)

1834

Painting of rooftops and church spires silhouetted against a pink and blue sunset sky over water.

View of Copenhagen at sunset

1845-1849

Seated man in a red turban and white loincloth smoking beside a terracotta planter with an orange tree.

Seated Nibian

1839

Painting of a whitewashed coastal terrace with a large tree, a lone figure in a dark cloak, and the sea beyond.

Scene near Sorrento overlooking the Sea

1835

Elderly painter with spectacles holds a palette in a studio with classical statues, an easel sketch, and a sleeping dog.

Portrait of the painter C. A. Lorentzen

1827

Young priest in dark hat and coat reading a book by an open window, with a hillside village view and a crucifix on the wall.

Young priest reading

1838

Painting of people in period dress walking through a stone archway into a courtyard, with a guard and a dog in the foreground

Arrestbygningen ved råd- og domhuset

1831

Interior of a vaulted church crypt with a kneeling monk at a lectern, praying figures, and a stone staircase.

Underkirken i klosteret San Benedetto i Subiaco

1843

Painting of sailing boats landing on a sandy beach with fishermen wading through surf under a blue sky.

The Beach at Skagen Vesterby

1847

Painting of a sunlit square in Amalfi with a grand staircase, church facade, bell tower, fountain and market figures.

Parti af torvet i Amalfi

1835

Three men in traditional dress talk among Acropolis columns, with a hazy sea and stone tower beyond at sunset.

Udsigt fra Athenatemplet på Akropolis

1844

Men resting on sand dunes at sunset overlooking the sea, with thatched huts, ducks and a figure in a top hat.

Mænd af Skagen en sommeraften i godt vejr

1848

Painting of workers among marble ruins at the Acropolis, with a columned gateway, a stone tower and distant hills.

Grækere arbejder i ruinerne ved Akropolis

1835

Painting of an open arched doorway with climbing vines, a whitewashed wall, a wooden bench and slippers on a sunlit ground.

Entrance to an Inn in the Praestegarden at Hillested

1844

Half-length portrait of an elderly woman in a black dress, lace cap and striped neck scarf against a brown background.

Frederikke Eleonora Cathrine Rørby, født de Stockfleth (1773-1851)

1848

Painting of a sunlit loggia with potted plants, a birdcage and an amphora, overlooking a sea with a sailboat and hills.

A loggia from Procida

1834

Interior scene with a seated man reading a paper, a woman knitting, a standing woman, a parrot on a cage, and a dog.

The Surgeon with Wife and Daughter

1829

Man holding up a snipe bird for a seated woman in a green dress, with a dog and a tiled stove in a domestic interior.

A hunter showing his wife the bag of the first snipe hunt. Portrait of the master of the Royal Hunt Chr. Fr. Zeuthen…

1839

Painting of a whitewashed church tower with red roofs among trees, fields and a thatched farmhouse under a cloudy sky.

Landskab med kirketårn ved Vester Egede

1832

Oil sketch of a meadow with boulders, a stone wall, tall spruce trees and a walking figure in red cap, by Rørbye, 1830.

Norsk seter

1830

Painting of a seated cobbler in a red fez stitching leather shoes in a sunlit courtyard with hanging laundry and a clay jar.

Gresk skomaker

1840

Painting of snowy Mont Blanc peak above a valley with tall pine trees, a church steeple, and grassy meadow in foreground.

Vy mot Chamonix-Mont-Blanc

1834

Man shading his eyes beside a seated woman holding a sleeping infant, with a donkey and sea landscape behind them.

The Flight into Egypt

1833

Painting of a market day in a town street with villagers, a hay cart, bread vendor and twin church towers behind.

A Market Day in Viborg

1831