Little Regine in Vallekilde (1839): Art, History and Details

Little Regine in Vallekilde (1839) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Johan Thomas Lundbye (Danish, 1818–1848).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Johan Thomas Lundbye belonged to the youngest generation of artists working during Denmark’s Golden Age, a period of unprecedented creative activity during the first half of the 19th century. An avid painter and draftsman, he simultaneously created more intimate prints such as this one depicting his cousin, Regine. The young girl appears knitting, surrounded by whimsical and anecdotal sketches that play on the experimentality of etching.

Object facts

• Title: Little Regine in Vallekilde
• Date: 1839
• Creator attribution: Johan Thomas Lundbye (Danish, 1818–1848)
• Culture: Denmark
• Type: Print
• Technique: etching on laid paper
• Dimensions: Platemark: 12 x 7.3 cm (4 3/4 x 2 7/8 in.); Sheet: 13.3 x 8.8 cm (5 1/4 x 3 7/16 in.)
• Collection: PR - Etching
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 2023.15

A detail from the museum

The subject of this print, Johan Thomas Lundbye’s cousin Regine, wore the distinctive bonnet seen here to obscure her face following a childhood accident.

Collection credit

The Charlotte Ekker and Charlotte Van der Veer Memorial Fund

View the collection record

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