Pastor Jens Bindesbøll
1830
From the collection of Statens Museum for Kunst
1830
From the collection of Statens Museum for Kunst
Pastor Jens Bindesbøll is a 1830 by Unknown, a Romanticism work, held at Statens Museum for Kunst.
This is a close-up of an older man with a lined face and a serious expression. He’s wearing a black hat and a high white collar over a dark robe. His hands rest on his chest, and the background is plain and dark. The painting looks like it was made in 1830, but it’s actually a photograph—one of the earliest portraits of its kind. The artist used simple lighting to highlight his face against the shadowy background. Check out chiaroscuro next to see how light and dark create drama in art.
