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GUDMUND HENTZE Pencil, Pastel and Gouache on Paper, Danish Moonlit Canal Scene
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DETAILS
A city night scene lit by a crescent moon with sailboats lining the dock with candlelight reflecting in the water. A street lined with tall brick buildings with traces of snow on the rooftops provides the backdrop. The setting is presumably the Christianshavn canal in Copenhagen, Denmark.
STYLE
Romantic
FRAMING
Gilt framed under glass
PLACE OF ORIGIN
Denmark | Europe
MAKER
Gudmund Hentze (Danish, 1875-1948). Hentze was a symbolist and national romantic painter, graphic artist and book illustrator.
MARKS
Signed (lower right): Gudmund Hentze.
PERIOD
Early 20th century
DATE
Circa 1920
DIMENSIONS
Width 40 Depth 3 Height 46 inches
Sight: Width 32.5 Height 39.5 inches
