Carl Ludwig Jessen

Frisian Woman, 1859

Carl Ludwig Jessen first travelled to the North Sea island of Föhr in 1858 during his time as a student at the academy in Copenhagen. Filled with the spirit of Danish romantic nationalism, he assumed that the inhabitants would still be wearing “authentic” costume. He returned to the island the following year, where he portrayed the young Frisian woman in her traditional Sunday best against a beige background. Seated in a wooden armchair, she turns to the left in three-quarter view, places her ri...

Signatur und Datierung: C. L. Jessen. // Föhr, 1859., oben rechts, handschriftlich

MKdW (Dauerleihgabe aus Privatbesitz, 2018).
Konrad Grunsky-Peper/Klaus Lengsfeld/Ernst Schlee: Gemaltes Nordfriesland. Carl Ludwig Jessen und seine Bilder, Husum 1983.

Carl Ludwig Jessen (1833 - 1917)

Frisian Woman

1859

Öl auf Malpappe

32 x 28 cm

Human

Inv.-Nr. 1 JES 02_LG

Museum Kunst der Westküste

On permanent loan 2018

Not on display

Privatsammlung, Hamburg
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