Comment on 22.7.1822

Dahl is probably referring to the paintings:

  • Hans Adolf of Gottorp Refusing the Danish Crown and Recommending his Nephew Count Christian of Oldenborg.
  • _Christian I Proclaimed King at Viborg Landsting 1448.

It is not completely certain that the painting of Christian I was finished in 1822. The painting was criticized at the time, and Eckersberg changed the subject several times, according to Hornung & Monrad, op. cit. Dahl may be thinking of an earlier “finished” version of the same work.

Cf. Hornung & Monrad: C.W. Eckersberg – dansk malerkunsts fader, Copenhagen 2005, p. 181.

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