Artwork
Professor i zoologi, Japetus Steenstrup holder foredrag
Professor i zoologi, Japetus Steenstrup holder foredrag is an oil painting by the Impressionist artist Peder Severin Krøyer. It dates from 1898 and is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.
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Subject & Meaning
The iconography includes details such as his glasses, underscoring his role as an intellectual engaged in the dissemination of knowledge.
The painting depicts the zoologist Japetus Steenstrup delivering a lecture, capturing a moment of academic discourse. As a portrait, the work centres on Steenstrup, showing him in the act of speaking. The iconography includes details such as his glasses, underscoring his role as an intellectual engaged in the dissemination of knowledge.
Created in 1898, the image conveys the dignity of scientific inquiry and the authority of the scholar within an academic setting.
Technique & Style
The work is an oil painting on canvas, a modest-scale portrait measuring 46 cm in height by 32 cm in width. As an intimate portrait, it depicts the zoology professor Japetus Steenstrup delivering a lecture, with glasses among the depicted attributes. The medium of oil on canvas is consistent with Krøyer's practice for closely observed portrait studies of this period, and the small dimensions suggest a cabinet-sized composition rather than a formal commission.
History & Provenance
Peder Severin Krøyer created the oil painting Professor i zoologi, Japetus Steenstrup holder foredrag in 1898. The work, which depicts the zoologist Japetus Steenstrup delivering a lecture, was executed on canvas and measures 46 by 32 centimetres. It is held by the Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen as part of the permanent collection.
While the specific accession number is not provided in the available records, the institution is confirmed as the work's location, and no exhibition history is documented.
Context
Professor i zoologi, Japetus Steenstrup holder foredrag (1898) by Peder Severin Krøyer depicts the zoologist Japetus Steenstrup delivering a lecture, shown with glasses, in oil on canvas. The work sits within the broader tradition of late 19th-century Danish portraiture of intellectual and scientific figures, reflecting the cultural intersection of art and science in Scandinavia. It is held in the Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen.
Overview
Peder Severin Krøyer’s 1898 oil painting portrays the Danish zoologist Japetus Steen Strup delivering a lecture. The work, catalogued as “Professor i zoologi, Japetus Steenstrup holder foredrag,” is part of the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen.
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