1833
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dr. Johann Henning Kjetil Hjardemaal is a 1833 unspecified by Christen Købke, a Biedermeier work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
The painting shows a man sitting in a chair, looking straight at us. He's dressed in formal clothes and has a calm expression. The man in the painting, Dr. Johann Henning Kjetil Hjardemaal, had an interesting life - he was born on the island of Saint Thomas and later studied medicine in Copenhagen. His life story is quite unique, having lived in different parts of the world. He returned to the Virgin Islands for health reasons, which is a notable part of his story. You can learn more about this style by looking at the work of artist: Christen Købke (Danish, 1810–1848).
The sitter (1812-1844) was born on the island of Saint Thomas, at that time a colony in the Danish West Indies. He was sent to Copenhagen to study medicine and later set up practice at Satrup in Schleswig, then part of Denmark. For health reasons, he returned with his wife to the Virgin Islands, where they both died in 1844.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Christen Schiellerup Købke (26 May 1810 – 7 February 1848) was a Danish painter, and one of the best-known artists from the Golden Age of Danish Painting.
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