Tag: Danish

Off on a holiday with Danish painter Niels Frederik Schiøttz-Jensen. Living from 1855 to 1941, he studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen and the Académie Colarossi in Paris.

“Hvilepause”. 1885. Danish. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated Signature and dated “NF Schiöttz-Jensen 1885” on the lower right. Image source bruun-rasmussen.dk and Christies. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 75 years ago and also because it was published before January 1, 1926. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Niels_Frederik_Schi%C3%B8ttz-Jensen_-Hvilepause-_1885.png
“Unge piger på stranden.” 1919. Danish. Oil on canvas. Inscribed “N. F. Schiøttz-Jensen 1919“. Image source: bruun-rasmussen.dk. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 75 years ago and also because it was published before January 1, 1926. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Niels_Frederik_Schi%C3%B8ttz-Jensen_-Unge_piger_p%C3%A5_stranden-_1919.png
A lady reading in the garden. ca. 1894. Danish. Signed and dated on the lower right,. Image source http://www.floresyplantas.net/jardin/leyendo-en-el-jardin-ii/. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 70 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Niels-Frederik_Schiottz-Jensen_Reading_lady.jpg
“Summer on the Dunes”. 1913. Danish. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated “N.F.SCHIOTTZ=JENSEN.1913: on the lower right. Image © Christie’s 2021. Fair use license. via https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5425165

First half of the 20th century Danish silver designed by Johan Rohde (1856-1935). All of these pieces having been designed for Georg Jensen except for that pesky silverplate cocktail shaker at the end that snuck in somehow.

Bowl in a cactus pattern. ca. 1945.
Bowl in a cactus pattern. ca. 1945. Image © Style Antiques, London. Fair use license. via https://www.styleantiques.co.uk/recently-sold/1440-georg-jensen-silver-bowl-cactus-pattern-designed-by-johan-rohde.html

Sterling silver jigger in an acorn design. #662B.
Sterling silver jigger in an acorn design. After 1945. Image © jensensilver.com. Fair use license. via https://www.jensensilver.com/acornkonge/vintage-georg-jensen-acorn-jigger-sterling-silver-design-johan-rohde

Sterling silver pitcher. #432.
Sterling silver pitcher. #432. Designed in 1925. Image © National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Fair use license. via https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/15342/

Sterling silver candlesticks #441.
Sterling silver candlesticks #441. Designed in 1915. Image © Gallery 925, San Francisco. Fair use license. via https://www.gallery925.com/archive-2016/georg-jensen-sterling-silver-candlesticks-no-441-by-johan-rohde-very-rare-38

Cocktail shaker. 1927.
Cocktail shaker. 1927. Silverplate and Bakelite. Designed by Rohde for the Meriden Silver Plate Company. Image © Wright Auctions, Chicago. Fair use license. https://www.wright20.com/auctions/2018/12/objet/271

Paintings by Danish painter Peder Mørk Mønsted. Realism school. Living from 1859 to 1941, he mostly painted landscapes though these have people in them too.

"The Serenade." Undated.
“The Serenade.” Undated. In the public domain because the artist died over 70 years ago. via https://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/detail.php?ID=258347

"Watering the Garden." 1920.
“Watering the Garden.” 1920. Image via Christie’s. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peder_M%C3%B8nsted_-_Watering_the_garden.jpg

"The Ravello Coastline." 1926.
“The Ravello Coastline.” 1926. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://www.art.com/products/p21695704188-sa-i7411135/peder-mork-monsted-the-ravello-coastline-1926.htm?upi=PJQVY30&PODConfigID=9436042&sOrigID=6473

Crowns as in crowns for kings and emperors of real countries, not that inexpensive rhinestone variety. Mostly European but one not.

Crown of Saint Wenceslaus, used to crown Czech kings until 1836.
Crown of Saint Wenceslaus, used to crown Czech kings until 1836. Exhibited in May 2016 in Prague Castle. Cc0 License 4.0. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CrownBohemia3.jpg

Used for the coronation of Frederick II of Denmark in 1648.
Used for the coronation of Frederick II of Denmark in 1648. Currently located in Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen. CC0 License 3.0. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Denmark_crown.jpg

Circlet or diadem of an unknown Egyptian queen or a princess with four gazelle heads and rosettes.
Circlet or diadem of an unknown Egyptian queen or a princess with four gazelle heads and rosettes. 18th Dynasty, Egyptian. Electrum. Maker not known. via https://egyptophile.blogspot.com/2016/06/des-gazelles-pour-une-belle-princesse.html?m=1

Crown of the Holy Roman Empire.
Crown of the Holy Roman Empire. Displayed in the Imperial Treasury at the Hofburg, Vienna. Cc0 License 3.0. via https://ja.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB:Holy_Roman_Empire_Crown_(Imperial_Treasury)2.jpg

Crown of Christian V of Denmark. 1671.
Crown of Christian V of Denmark. 1671. Kept at the Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen. Image in the public domain. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christian_v_crown.jpg