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Martinus Rørbye: A Market Day in Viborg  wikidata:Q117469869 reasonator:Q117469869
Artist
Martinus Rørbye  (1803–1848)  wikidata:Q979541
 
Martinus Rørbye
Alternative names
Martinus Christian Wesseltoft Rørbye
Description Danish painter and graphic artist
Date of birth/death 17 May 1803 Edit this at Wikidata 29 August 1848 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Drammen Municipality Copenhagen
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artist QS:P170,Q979541
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
A Market Day in Viborg
label QS:Len,"A Market Day in Viborg"
label QS:Lda,"En torvedag i Wiborg"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Date 1831
date QS:P571,+1831-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 41 cm (16.1 in); width: 28 cm (11 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,41U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,28U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1186756
Place of creation Rørbye drew a watercolour in his sketchbook during his stay, which forms the basis for the oil painting. That one reproduced p. 29 in the travel journal. In addition, he made several sketches of public life, which he observed in the bustle of the various marketplaces he visited.
Object history
  • The painting was disposed of by lottery (bought for 70 Rdl.) and won by Major Vilhelm Cathala (1790/91-1841).
  • Wine merchant J. B. Sandberg (died 1871).
  • 1871 sold at Sandberg's estate auction (255 Rdl.) to Councillor of State C. A. Broberg (1811-1886).
  • Councillor, Rector, Professor, Dr. Carl M. Reisz (1829-1902), his widow Mrs Reisz (1905).
  • Sold at Bruun Rasmussen Auctions on May 29, 2018 for DKK 1,325,000 (EUR 175,000). Lot 879/221.
  • Sold at Bruun Rasmussen Auctions again on November 29, 2022 for DKK 1,000,000 (EUR 135,000). Lot 911/​111-A. Bought by Den Gamle By, Aarhus.
Exhibition history Charlottenborg 1831 no. 59. An etching was made after the painting, which was distributed among the members of Kunstforeningen (the Art Association).
Inscriptions

Monogram and date bottom right:

MR 1831.
Notes The Danish National Museum and the National Gallery of Denmark each own a study for this painting. Both reproduced in the exhibition catalogue “Martinus Rørbye. Det nære og det fjerne”, 2014 p. 95.
References
  • Thorvaldsens Museum, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Martinus Rørbye no. 55, reproduced p. 180.
  • Små Kunstbøger no. 22 p. 21.
  • Georg Nygaard, "Maleren Martinus Rørbyes Rejsedagbog 1830", Copenhagen 1930, reproduced p. 30 and mentioned pp. 28-29 with a longer description of Rørbye's visit to Viborg, where he was staying between 11 and 14 June. He visited friends, the Cathedral and experienced a day at the market (in Danish): "I went to a market day in Viborg today, where the most important goods are, besides food, heath peat (lyngtørv), wooden shoes, and blackpots (jydepotter)".
Source/Photographer Bruun Rasmussen auction catalog online, p. 43, and auction result bruun-rasmussen.dk and bruun-rasmussen.dk (this file).
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