GUDMUND HENTZE Pencil, Pastel and Gouache on Paper, Danish Moonlit Canal Scene lotas 25 Height 15

25 Height 15

With an old blackened patina

ring handle and rusty patina

Furniture from British India and Ceylon

Width 19 Depth 19 Height 34 inches

GUDMUND HENTZE Pencil, Pastel and Gouache on Paper, Danish Moonlit Canal Scene lotas 25 Height 15DETAILS A city night scene lit by a crescent moon with sailboats lining the dock with candlelight reflecting in the water. A street lined with tall brick buildings with traces of snow on the rooftops provides the backdrop. The setting is presumably the Christianshavn canal in Copenhagen, Denmark. STYLE Romantic FRAMING Gilt framed under glass PLACE OF ORIGIN Denmark Europe MAKER Gudmund Hentze (Danish, 1875 1948). Hentze was a symbolist and national