People living life in 1830’s Denmark in paintings so detailed you can begin to time travel back just looking. Wilhelm Bendz, artist. Living from 1804 to 1832 he specialized in genre works and portraits.

"Artists in Finck's Coffee House." 1832.
“Artists in Finck’s Coffee House.” 1832. Collection of the Thorvaldsen Museum, Copenhagen. Cc0 Licence 1.0. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wilhelm_Bendz,_Kunstnere_i_Fincks_Kaffehus_i_M%C3%BCnchen,_1832,_B197,_Thorvaldsens_Museum.jpg
Interior from Amaliegade. Captain Carl Ludvig Bendz standing and Dr. Jacob Christian Bendz seated. 1829.
Interior from Amaliegade. Captain Carl Ludvig Bendz standing and Dr. Jacob Christian Bendz seated. 1829. The Hirschsprung Collection, Copenhagen. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 70 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wilhelm_Bendz_-_Interior_from_Amaliegade._Captain_Carl_Ludvig_Bendz_standing_and_Dr._Jacob_Christian_Bendz_seated
Portrait of the Waagepetersen family. 1830.
Portrait of the Waagepetersen family. 1830. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. http://godsandfoolishgrandeur.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-waagepetersen-family-by-wilhelm.html

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