Christen Købke

Danish · 1810–1848 · Painter, Printmaker

Christen Schiellerup Købke was a Danish painter, and one of the best-known artists from the Golden Age of Danish Painting. (Wikipedia)

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The Sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (Copy of the upper section of C. W. Eckersberg’s painting of 1814, presented to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts) (Portræt af billedhuggeren Bertel Thorvaldsen (Kopi efter den øverste del af C.W. Eckersbergs maleri fra 1814, skænket Det danske Kunstakademi))Phillips · May 2026$36,120≈ £26,817≈ €31,047Sign up to see

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Christen Schiellerup Købke was a Danish painter, and one of the best-known artists from the Golden Age of Danish Painting.

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Born 1810, CopenhagenDied 1848, CopenhagenOccupation Painter, Printmaker, DraughtsmanWikidata Q381458 ↗ULAN 500013388 ↗Museum works 15

Danish Golden Age

Also known as Christen Kobke, Christen Schellerup Kobke, Christen Schiellerup Købke, Christen Schiellerup Kobke, Christen Schjellerup Kobke, Kobke

Works in museum collections

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Christen Købke, Valdemar Hjartvar Købke (1813–1893), the Artist's Brother — **Valdemar Hjartvar Købke (1813–1893), the Artist's Brother**ca. 1838 · Oil on canvas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe F…

Christen Købke, Sophie Købke (later Sophie Krohn, 1807–1853), the Artist's Sister, in the Hall at Kastellet — **Sophie Købke (later Sophie Krohn, 1807–1853), the Artist's Sister, in the Hall at Kastellet**ca. 1830 · Oil on canvas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Karen and Sam Seymour, 2025 — Open …

Christen Købke, Christ and Nicodemus — **Christ and Nicodemus**1810–48 · Graphite
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, C. G. Boerner Gift, 2008 — Open Acc…

Christen Købke, A Stone Tomb in a Forest; verso: Study of a Flower — **A Stone Tomb in a Forest; verso: Study of a Flower**1830 · Graphite, pen or brush and brown ink, brush and gray ink, over graphite; verso: pen and black ink, watercolor, over graphite
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha …

Christen Købke, Portrait of Christophe Louis Engelhard Dalgas — **Portrait of Christophe Louis Engelhard Dalgas**1840 · Graphite
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Acquisitions Fund, 2014 — Open Access (CC0)

Christen Købke, Portrait of the Sculptor Hermann Ernst Freund — **Portrait of the Sculptor Hermann Ernst Freund**1837 · Graphite; at left and below, framing line in graphite, possibly by the artist
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha …

Christen Købke, Efterårsmorgen ved Sortedamssøen — **Efterårsmorgen ved Sortedamssøen**1838
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

Christen Købke, Mrs Th Petersen, née Roepstorff — **Mrs Th Petersen, née Roepstorff**1833
Nationalmuseum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Nationalmuseum

Christen Købke, The Sculptor Bengt Erland Fogelberg — **The Sculptor Bengt Erland Fogelberg**1840
Nationalmuseum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Nationalmuseum

Christen Købke, Dosseringen seen from the Sea — **Dosseringen seen from the Sea**1837
Nationalmuseum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Nationalmuseum

Christen Købke, Dosseringen seen toward Österbro — **Dosseringen seen toward Österbro**1836
Nationalmuseum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Nationalmuseum

Christen Købke, Portrait of Peter Petersen, the Artist's Uncle — **Portrait of Peter Petersen, the Artist's Uncle**1845
Nationalmuseum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Nationalmuseum

Christen Købke, A View of Lake Sortedam from Dosseringen Looking towards the Suburb Nørrebro outside Copenhagen — **A View of Lake Sortedam from Dosseringen Looking towards the Suburb Nørrebro outside Copenhagen**1838
Statens Museum for Kunst ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Statens Museum for Kunst

Christen Købke, The Forum at Pompeii with Vesuvius in the Background — **The Forum at Pompeii with Vesuvius in the Background**1841
J. Paul Getty Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — J. Paul Getty Museum

Christen Købke, Dr. Johann Henning Kjetil Hjardemaal — **Dr. Johann Henning Kjetil Hjardemaal**1833 · oil on fabric
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund — Open Access (…

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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