Code: 6031
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A beautiful mid 19th century oil on canvas depicting Stirling Castle, by the important Danish architectural painter Heinrich Hansen. The work is signed with initials lower left and inscribed on the reverse. Presented in a fine gilt frame with swept corners and centres.
Heinrich Hansen was a Danish artist who specialised in architectural views and interiors. He was a keen traveller, making study tours of Germany (1847), Spain and France, and from 1850-52 he toured England and Scotland.
A view of Edinburgh Castle by Hansen is in the National Galleries of Scotland collection.
Artist: Heinrich Hansen (Danish, 1821-1890)
Title: Stirling Castle
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 19 x 24.5 inches (48 x 62 cm) including the frame
Heinrich Hansen was a Danish artist who specialised in architectural views and interiors. He was a keen traveller, making study tours of Germany (1847), Spain and France, and from 1850-52 he toured England and Scotland.
Hansen was also a designer of silverware, porcelain and furniture, and for 22 years he was the design co-ordinator at the Bing & Grøndahl porcelain factory.
He was an important figure in the cultural life of Denmark, and sat on the committee of the Charlottenborg's art exhibition. He also led the decorative designs for a number of castle restorations and cathedral chapels.
