Lot no. 53
Martinus Rørbye: A cloister in Palermo with a Franciscan monk. Signed and dated M. R. Palermo 1840. Oil on canvas, 50 x 38 cm.
Klostergang i Palermo med franciskanermunk. A cloister in Palermo with a Franciscan monk. Signed and dated M. R. Palermo 1840. Oil on canvas, 50 x 38 cm. #%br/%# #%br/%# #%i%#Thorvaldsens Museum, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Martinus Rørbye no. 184.#%br/%##%br/%#Provenance: The artist's estate auction 1849 no. 47.#%br/%##%br/%#After their wedding in 1839 Martinus and Rosa Rørbye went on a long journey abroad. They did not return to Copenhagen until July 1841. In the winter of 1839 -1840 they stayed in Rome, and during the summer 1840 they travelled to Naples, Capri and then to Palermo where this painting is from.#%br/%##%br/%##%/i%#
Estimate in DKK :
400000/500000 DKK
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