The Garden behind Schimmelmann's Mansion on Bredgade, Copenhagen
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over graphite; framing line in pen and black ink, by the artist
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 5/16 × 9 5/8 in. (18.6 × 24.5 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2015
Accession Number
2015.31
Tags
Art Historical Context
In 1823, Danish artist Heinrich Gustav Ferdinand Holm a tranquil moment in *The Garden behind Schimmelmann's Mansion on Bredg, Copenhagen*. This delicate drawing depicts a lush private garden adorned with trees, where men and women leisurely read and relax amid verdant surroundings. The scene evokes the refined leisure of early 19th Copenhagen elite, centered around the opulent residence of the prominent Schimmelmann family on the city's prestigious Bredgade street. Holm employed a meticulous mixed-media technique: faint graphite underdrawing for precise outlines, layered with fluid pen lines...