Artwork

View of Copenhagen at Sunset

View of Copenhagen at Sunset, by Unknown, 1850
View of Copenhagen at Sunset, by Unknown, 1850

View of Copenhagen at Sunset is a photography by Unknown. It dates from 1850 and is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.

About this work

Overview

View of Copenhagen at Sunset is a cityscape painting created around 1850 by an artist known as 1166_person. It is currently held at the Museum of Ethnography.

Subject & Meaning

The painting depicts a serene city skyline at dusk, featuring a church steeple and a small tower in the distance, framed by a dark roofline in the foreground.

Technique & Style

The artist employed loose and quick brushstrokes to achieve a textured, cloudy effect in the sky, which is rendered in soft blues, pinks, and yellows that blend into a warm glow, gradually fading from bright to muted tones.

Artist & collection

Artist

Unknown

entity whose identity is not known