Christen Købke

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Christen Købke
1810-1848
Portrait of a Young Man
1841
Graphite; verso: graphite, very faint drawing of a face, cut off at top.
7 x 4 13/16 inches (179 x 122 mm)
Thaw Collection.
2017.139

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Watermark: none.

Inscription: 

Inscribed at lower right edge, in pencil, "7 Novemb 1841".

Provenance: 
Hother Vilhelm, the artist's brother; by descent, his great-great-grandchild; sale, Copenhagen, Arne Bruun Rasmussen Kunstauktioner, 27 February to 14 March 1985; Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw, New York.
Associated names: 

Vilhelm, Hother, former owner.
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 222, repr.
Denison, Cara D. et al. The Thaw Collection : Master Drawings and New Acquisitions. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1994, no. 56.

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