A Young Artist (Ditlev Blunck) Examining a Sketch in a Mirror
| A young artist (Ditlev Blunck) considers a sketch in a mirror | |
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| Danish: En ung kunstner (Ditlev Blunck) betragter en skitse i et spejl | |
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| Artist | Wilhelm Bendz |
| Year | 1826 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 98 cm × 85 cm (39 in × 33 in) |
| Location | Statens Museum for Kunst, København |
| Website | www |
A young artist (Ditlev Blunck) considers a sketch in a mirror is a painting by Wilhelm Bendz from 1826; it is one of the series of Danish Golden Age portraits of artists.
The painting shows young Ditlev Blunck taking a break to examine a sketch for a portrait of George Valtin Sonne painting his brother, engraver Carl Edvard Sonne, by holding it up in front of a mirror to see if the composition works.
The painting was executed in 1826 at time when Wilhelm Bendz was preoccupied by artists' new role; no longer craftsmen but instead considered intellectuals, artists in the modern sense of the word. During the 1820s he painted a series of portraits of artists at work. Here the model is Bendz's fellow student, Ditlev Blunck, in the process of painting a portrait of the painter Jørgen Sonne.
The painting shows a time when painters took themselves seriously as working artists. The image of Blunck standing in a packed room surrounded by his tools, paintbox, palette and easel, skull and sketchpad, signals that his work is serious, and requires thorough study before execution.
A sculptor (Christen Christensen) working from live models in his studio, 1827, National Gallery of Denmark
Portrait of the painter Niels Peter Holbech, ca. 1830 Fuglsang Art Museum
Portrait of architect Gottlieb Bindesbøll, 1837 Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Marine painter Anton Melbye, 1852, the Hirschsprung Collection
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