Christian Albrecht Jensen
Danish Golden Age portraitist of cultural elites
Christian Albrecht Jensen was a Danish portrait painter who was active during the Golden Age of Danish Painting in the first half of the 19th century. Painting more than 400 portraits over the course of his career, he depicted most of the leading figures of the Danish Golden Age, including the writer Hans Christian Andersen, the painter Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, the sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen, the physicist Hans Christian Ørsted and the theologian N. F. S. Grundtvig. Although Jensen experienced considerable commercial success, he received little official appreciation from the artistic establishment of his day. In particular, the art historian and critic Niels Lauritz Høyen criticized his style, finding his paintings 'unfinished'.
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Artworks by this artist
- The Sculptor Hermann Ernst Freund 1819
- Mathilde Theresia von Irgens-Bergh, née Holsten, the Wife of Mathias Friis von Irgens-Bergh 1824
- The Painter C.W. Eckersberg 1832
- Portræt af Edward O’Ferrall greve Bourke
- Sub-Lieutenant Cosmus Bornemann, Royal Danish Navy (born 1809, died 1888) 1828
- One of the Artist’s Sons 1836
- Portræt af Bertel Thorvaldsen 1839
- Mansporträtt 1828
- Charles Robert Cocquerell (1788–1863), architect 1838
- Portræt af kunstnerens søn Peter ca. 1846
- Portrait of Johannes Dam Hage (1800-1837), editor of ‘Fædrelandet’ (The Fatherland) 1837
- Portrait Of Baroness Christine Stampe, Nee Dalgas 1827
- The Scene-Painter Troels Lund 1836
- Portrait of Johannes Søbøtker Hohlenberg 1826
- Self-Portrait 1836
- Birgitte Søbøtker Hohlenberg, née Malling 1826
- Mathias Friis von Irgens-Bergh, Danish Chargé d’Affaires in Dresden 1824
- Johan Laurentz Jensen 1828
- Portræt af fru Gumperd 1815
- Hans and Bolette Puggaards three children 1827