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The Harbor of Copenhagen from the Esplanade between Langelinie Park and Toldboden or the Customs House
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The Harbor of Copenhagen from the Esplanade between Langelinie Park and Toldboden or the Customs House

Medium

Pen and gray ink, brush and gray wash, over graphite; verso: graphite; framing line in pen and black ink

Dimensions

sheet: 13 1/4 x 18 3/16 in. (33.7 x 46.2 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 2007

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg

1783–1853Kingdom of Denmark

Known for his minutely detailed portraits with a Neoclassical sense of clarity and line. He was an influential teacher at the Copenhagen Academy from 1818 where he introduced painting from nature. Danish painter.