Curatorial Notes
Among the many important neoclassical buildings erected in Copenhagen during the 1800s was the Slotskirke or royal chapel, completed in 1826. Heinrich Hansen painted this sober, quiet view of the chapel's interior, carefully rendering its delicate shadows and patches of sunlight. Probably inspired by 17th-century Dutch paintings of church interiors, the artist accurately portrayed many of the building's features. The angels in the pendentives (the triangular areas beneath the circular dome) were carved by the great Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1768-1884).
Artwork Identification
Title The Slotskirken of Christiansborg, Copenhagen
Title (PT) O Slotskirken de Christiansborg, Copenhague
Title (ES) Las Slotskirken de Christiansborg, Copenhague
Artist Heinrich Hansen
Artist Bio Heinrich Hansen (Danish, 1821–1890)
Date c. 1850s
Work Type Painting
Location & Collection
Institution Cleveland Museum of Art
Source View Museum Page
License Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
