P.S. Krøyer’s portrait of his wife, Marie Krøyer
The museum very recently acquired the unique portrait Marie Krøyer, painted by P.S. Krøyer during the couple’s honeymoon in 1890. Up until this point, the work was owned by a private collector abroad, but now, thanks to the support of the New Carlsberg Foundation, the Agency for Culture and Palaces and the Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansen Foundation, it is on public display in Denmark again.
Udsnit af maleri: P.S. Krøyer: Marie Krøyer, 1890. Olie på lærred.
P.S. Krøyer: Marie Krøyer, 1890. The Hirschsprung Collection. Marie Krøyer, the artist’s wife, depicted in Amalfi during the couple’s honeymoon in 1890. The oil painting belonged to Marie Krøyer as her personal property, meaning that it arrived in Sweden with her when she left Denmark.
The 1890 honeymoon
The portrait of the artist’s wife, Marie, was painted during the couple’s honeymoon in 1890. The trip, which took them via Germany to Florence, Rome, Naples and Amalfi, is among the most productive journeys abroad that Krøyer undertook throughout his career.
The painting shows Marie with her hands by her sides, her eyes turned directly onto the observer. Her right hand rests on the gold belt glinting in the sun like the wedding ring on her finger.
Marie Krøyer, the artist’s wife, depicted in Amalfi during the couple’s honeymoon in 1890. The oil painting belonged to Marie Krøyer as her personal property, meaning that it arrived in Sweden with her when she left Denmark.
The painting shows Marie with her hands by her sides, her eyes turned directly onto the observer. Her right hand rests on the gold belt glinting in the sun like the wedding ring on her finger.
Marie Krøyer, the artist’s wife, depicted in Amalfi during the couple’s honeymoon in 1890. The oil painting belonged to Marie Krøyer as her personal property, meaning that it arrived in Sweden with her when she left Denmark.
P.S. Krøyer: Marie Krøyer, 1890. The Hirschsprung Collection. The museum already owns a pastel depicting the same subject; it was done after the oil. Krøyer gave the pastel version to a close friend of Marie, the artist Agnes Slott-Møller. The work passed on to Slott-Møller’s daughter, who sold it to the Hirschsprung Collection in 1939.
Today, the Hirschsprung Collection owns the largest collection of P.S. Krøyer’s art outside of Skagen Krøyer was among those artists whom the founder of the museum, Heinrich Hirschsprung, actively supported as a patron. Hirschsprung was quick to notice the talent of the young Krøyer, and the two men formed a lifelong friendship.