The Transept of Aarhus Cathedral 1831 Christen Købke During a stay in Aarhus in Jutland in 1829, Købke set about painting a picture of the interior of the cathedral. He had just become the student of Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg and in this print demonstrates his interest in perspectival construction, so central to Eckersberg. Also, at this moment, the Danish art historian Niels Lauritz Høyen strated traveling throughout Denmark to examine and document medieval and Renaissance buildings. Høyen encouraged young students to paint pictures of some of the most important buildings. Købke not only
The Transept of Aarhus Cathedral 1831 Christen Købke During a stay in Aarhus in Jutland in 1829, Købke set about painting a picture of the interior of the cathedral. He had just become the student of Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg and in this print demonstrates his interest in perspectival construction, so central to Eckersberg. Also, at this moment, the Danish art historian Niels Lauritz Høyen strated traveling throughout Denmark to examine and document medieval and Renaissance buildings. Høyen encouraged young students to paint pictures of some of the most important buildings. Købke not only created one of his painted masterpieces showing the interior of the transcept (Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, inv. no. 1345), he also executed this etching of the scene so that his composition could be more widely The Transept of Aarhus Cathedral. Christen Købke (Danish, Copenhagen 1810–1848 Copenhagen). 1831. Etching. Prints
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