File:Eckersberg, CW - Frederik I releases Sten Sture's widow and sons from prison -1831.jpg

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Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg: King Frederik I releases Sten Sture's widow and sons from prison.  wikidata:Q115697369 reasonator:Q115697369
Artist
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg  (1783–1853)  wikidata:Q363823
 
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
Alternative names
Eckersberg; C.W. Eckersberg; Christoffer Vilhelm Eckersberg; C. W. Eckersberg
Description Danish painter, university teacher and visual artist
Date of birth/death 2 January 1783 Edit this at Wikidata 22 July 1853 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Blaakrog, Varnaes (South Jutland, Denmark) Copenhagen, Denmark
Work location
Copenhagen, Rome
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q363823
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
King Frederik I releases Sten Sture's widow and sons from prison.
label QS:Len,"King Frederik I releases Sten Sture's widow and sons from prison."
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: C. W. Eckersberg: King Frederik I releases Sten Sture's widow and sons from prison. 1831. Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 33×23 cm.

From the auction catalog: 

   Purchased by The Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Castle in November 2014 for 190,000 kr.
   “Frederik I udløser Sten Stures Enke og Sønner af Fængslet”. King Frederik I releases Sten Sture's widow and sons from prison. 1831. Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 33×23 cm.
   Emil Hannover, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of C. W. Eckersberg, no. 440, a finished sketch for no. 483.
   Literature: Reproduced and mentioned in Emil Hannover, Maleren C. W. Eckersberg, 1898 pp. 154–155.
   Provenance: Grocer P. B. Poulsen. Councillor and bookseller H. H. J. Lynge's collection, the estate of Lynge, April 1898 no. 40.
   Eckersberg writes in his diary the 6th of April 1831 (in Danish): Began to make a sketch for a new painting. On the 16th of April he notices (in Danish): Have finished the sketch depicting Frederik the 3die (sic!) leading Sten Sture's widow and sons out of jail in Kalundborg giving them their freedom.
   Eckersberg did at least paint two versions of the subject, the present one dated 1831 and another larger slightly different one dated 1833 (sold at Bruun Rasmussen auction 656, 1998 no. 222). The motif was supposed to be a decoration for Christiansborg Castle but was rejected and found instead private collectors.
    The historical background for this painting is as follows: The Swedish regent Steen Sture died fighting the Danes during the conquest of Sweden by Christian II 1520. His widow Christine Gyllenstierne continued fighting and was the head of the armed forces defending Stockholm. After the capitulation of Stockholm, she was imprisoned in Kalundborg. When Christian II was dethroned, his successor Frederik I felt pity for her and released her and the two sons.  Eckersberg depicts that scene. It is not an important episode in either the history of Denmark or the King's history. On the other hand it tells us about a more private side of the King. Eckersberg depicts Frederik I's humanity and magnanimity.
--Bruun Rasmussen Auctions
Date 1831
date QS:P571,+1831-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions 33 × 23 cm
Object history
  • Grocer P. B. Poulsen.
  • Councillor and bookseller H. H. J. Lynge's collection, the estate of Lynge, April 1898 no. 40.
  • Auctioned at Bruun Rasmussen, Bredgade Copenhagen on June 6, 2005 but not sold. Lot 743/1036. bruun-rasmussen.dk
  • Sold at Bruun Rasmussen Auctions on November 25, 2014 for DKK 140,000 (EUR 18,800). Lot 853/32.
Source/Photographer bruun-rasmussen.dk auction catalog

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