As Time Passed by Came Sunset. Christen Købke’s 'View of Lake Sortedam', its Genesis and Colour Changes’

Troels Folke Filtenborg; Anna  Vila Espuna; Jørgen Wadum; Kasper Monrad

As Time Passed by Came Sunset. Christen Købke’s 'View of Lake Sortedam', its Genesis and Colour Changes’

Troels Folke Filtenborg, Anna Vila Espuna, Jørgen Wadum, Kasper Monrad

SMK National Gallery of Denmark

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

Abstract

The painting 'View of Lake Sortedam from Dosseringen Looking towards the Suburb Nørrebro outside Copenhagen' from 1838 by the Danish artist Christen Købke was subjected to technical investigation by IR imaging techniques, cross section analysis, XRF analysis, Raman spectroscopy and SEM-EDX. The genesis of the painting is described as well as the results of the pigment analyses showing colour changes in certain areas of the composition related to deterioration of the pigment Prussian blue. The admixture of the blue pigment with lead white as a determining factor in the fading is proposed, and reports from early documentary sources regarding the permanence of Prussian blue are cited. The implications of the colour changes for the reading of the image are suggested.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Science and Art. The Painted Surface
Editors	Antonio Sgamelotti, Brunetto G Brunetti, Costanza Miliani
Number of pages	19
Place of Publication	Cambridge
Publisher	Royal Society of Chemistry
Publication date	2014
Pages	354-372
Chapter	17
ISBN (Print)	978-1-84973-818-7
Publication status	Published - 2014

As time Passed by Came Sunset.: Christian Købke's View of Lake Sortedam, its Genesis and Colour Changes
Wadum, J. (Lecturer)
11 May 2015
Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution
Christen Købkes maleteknik og farver: fra skitse til færdigt billede.
Wadum, J. (Lecturer)
30 Oct 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution
Expert talk: Under overfladen
Wadum, J. (Speaker)
15 Sept 2017
Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution

På sporet af Guldalderens farver
Filtenborg, T. F. (Project participant), Buti, D. (Project participant) & Pastorelli, G. (Project participant)
01/01/2018 → 31/12/2019
Project: Research
Kilder til tidlig fremstilling af preussisk blå
Filtenborg, T. F. (Project participant), Monrad, K. (Project participant), Vila , A. (Project participant) & Wadum, J. (Project participant)
01/04/2013 → 15/11/2013
Project: Research

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As Time Passed by Came Sunset. Christen Købke’s 'View of Lake Sortedam', its Genesis and Colour Changes’. / Filtenborg, Troels Folke ; Vila Espuna, Anna ; Wadum, Jørgen et al.
Science and Art. The Painted Surface. ed. / Antonio Sgamelotti; Brunetto G Brunetti; Costanza Miliani. Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2014. p. 354-372.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

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As Time Passed by Came Sunset. Christen Købke’s 'View of Lake Sortedam', its Genesis and Colour Changes’

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Activities

As time Passed by Came Sunset.: Christian Købke's View of Lake Sortedam, its Genesis and Colour Changes

Christen Købkes maleteknik og farver: fra skitse til færdigt billede.

Expert talk: Under overfladen

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På sporet af Guldalderens farver

Kilder til tidlig fremstilling af preussisk blå

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