Martinus Rørbye, 1831 - The Prison of Copenhagen - fine art print

Original description from the museum's website (© Copyright - Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark) - Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark))

During the years where Rørbye concluded his time at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, he did large numbers of drawn landscapes and views of Copenhagen and its environs, as well as paintings showing scenes of street life in the Danish capital.

Familiar types from everyday life The works, which proved very popular with buyers, were characterised by their panoply of familiar types drawn from everyday life and by their moralising allusions, making them something other than simple snapshots of life.

The architectural surroundings The street scene from the Nytorv in Copenhagen strikes an edifying note even with its architectural surroundings. C.F. Hansen’s prison is a principal piece of Golden Age architecture. It is “eloquent” architecture with a stern look intended to instil fear of the consequences of any crime.

The painting's figures In the background a young man is asking an older moneylender for a loan, while another young man points an admonitory finger to the debtor’s prison behind him. To the left of the arched doorway the transaction between the old and young women refers to the scales of Justice; the young dandy in the middle of the picture, his hand in his bulging pocket, sends lusty glances at the young mother to the right.

The small signs of the characters’ less than appealing traits are commented on by the old man in the foreground – a misanthrope who does not even put out his light in broad daylight.

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Summarization of the product

In 1831 the Danish painter Martinus Rørbye made the artwork. This work of art can be viewed in in the Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark)'s art collection, which is the largest museum of fine arts in Denmark and is attached to the Danish Ministry of Culture.. With courtesy of National Gallery of Denmark (public domain).: . Further, the alignment is landscape with an image ratio of 4 : 3, meaning that the length is 33% longer than the width. Martinus Rørbye was a painter from Denmark, whose style was mainly Romanticism. The European artist lived for a total of 45 years - born in 1803 and passed away in 1848 in Copenhagen.

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