Artwork
Gottlieb Bindesbøll, Danish Architect
Gottlieb Bindesbøll, Danish Architect is an oil painting by the Biedermeier artist Wilhelm Marstrand. It dates from 1834 and is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.
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Technique & Style
The work is an oil painting executed on canvas, portraying Gottlieb Bindesbøll. It measures 31.5 cm in height by 26 cm in width and was completed in 1834. The piece belongs to the portrait genre and is housed in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.
History & Provenance
The work entered the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst shortly after its completion and has remained in the museum's holdings.
The painting was created in 1834 as a portrait of the Danish architect Gottlieb Bindesbøll. It was commissioned by the subject himself and executed by Wilhelm Marstrand, who worked in oil on canvas. The work entered the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst shortly after its completion and has remained in the museum's holdings. Its dimensions are 31.5 cm in height and 26 cm in width.
Wilhelm Marstrand's 1834 oil portrait of the Danish architect Gottlieb Bindesbøll is held by the Statens Museum for Kunst (the National Gallery of Denmark), which is recorded as both its collection and its location.
The painting is catalogued as an oil-on-canvas portrait measuring 31.5 cm in height by 26 cm in width. No specific accession number is provided in the available records, and no exhibition history beyond its inclusion in the Statens Museum for Kunst collection is documented in the sources consulted.
Context
The 1834 oil on canvas portrait by Wilhelm Marstrand depicting Gottlieb Bindesbøll entered the collection of Statens Museum for Kunst shortly after its creation and has remained part of its holdings. Contemporary scholarship emphasizes its significance within the development of Danish portraiture in the early 19th century, situating Bindesbøll as both subject and symbol of architectural discourse in Denmark. The work is regularly referenced in studies of Marstrand's artistic output and the broader neoclassical movement in Scandinavia.
Overview
Wilhelm Marstrand’s 1834 oil portrait presents the Danish architect Gottlieb Bindesbøll seated on a simple wooden chair. The figure leans against the backrest with crossed arms, his neutral expression and formal attire conveying a restrained professionalism. The composition is set against a dark wall that lightens on the right, emphasizing the sitter’s presence within a modest interior space.
Subject & Meaning
The work captures Bindesbøll at a relatively early stage of his career, portraying him in a dignified yet unembellished manner. The neutral pose and subdued coloration suggest an emphasis on the architect’s intellectual character rather than personal flamboyance, aligning with the Biedermeier preference for modest, middle‑class virtues.
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Artist
Nicolai Wilhelm Marstrand (24 December 1810 – 25 March 1873), painter and illustrator, was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, to Nicolai Jacob Marstrand, instrument maker and inventor, and Petra Othilia Smith.
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