Comment on History and Danish Golden Age Painting
[Author’s note in the text] The identity of the elderly woman has been uncertain, but seems to be determined by a newly discovered portrait of Michael Raffenberg’s mother by Bendz; cf. the discussion by Kasper Monrad, Dansk Guldalder. Hovedværker på Statens Museum for Kunst. København, 1994, 102 f; & Marianne Saabye (red.), Wilhelm Bendz 1804-1832. A Young Painter of the Danish Golden Age. Exhibition catalogue. The Hirschsprung Collection, Copenhagen, 1996,109 f, cat. nos. 45 & 46.
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