3788 - Collection of lithographs from Denmark

Collection of lithographs from Denmark two pieces, including Frederiksborg Castle by Heinrich Hansen and Zollboden by Emanuel Larsen; fine, richly detailed lithographs on beige stone paper, second half of the 19th century, each printed by I. W. Tegner & Kittendorff’s lithographic workshop from the series ‘Images after Danish Painters’, each signed in ink beneath the print, signs of age, each framed behind glass in a passe-partout, image dimensions approx. 19.5 x 26 and 19.5 x 28.5 cm respectively. Artist’s details: actually Johann Adolf Kittendorff, Danish lithographer, watercolourist, illustrator and draughtsman (1820 Copenhagen - 1902 Copenhagen), initially trained as an interior painter, later trained in lithography at the Bærentzen & Co. studio Copenhagen; concurrently studied at the Copenhagen Academy, receiving various honours from the Academy, such as the small silver medal in 1841 and the large silver medal in 1849; undertook study trips to Italy; from 1850 to 1893 he ran a lithographic institute with Isaac Wilhelm Tegner; at the same time, from 1855 to 1893, he taught at the Copenhagen Academy and became a member of the Academy in 1880; worked in Copenhagen; source: Thieme-Becker and Weilbach.