Painting portrait young man with hat signed Hans Hansen portrait 1791

Superb Pastel Painting Signed Hans Hansen portrait young man with a hat 1791. Size with its frame
Hans Hansen (22 February 1769 - 11 February 1828) was a Danish portrait painter


Hansen was born in Skelby in the municipality of Næstved, Denmark. Hansen's father worked in the war chancellery and later became a farm manager. When he showed some artistic ability, he got the support of Carl Adolph von Plessen, a court chamberlain, which allowed him to enroll in the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. While there, he won silver medals in 1789 and 1791. According to his diaries from this period, he took Jens Juel as his model.


From 1793 to 1797, he traveled as an itinerant portraitist in Jutland and Fionie, then received more financial support from Plessen, allowing him to visit Hamburg and Vienna to continue his studies. He received funding from the Fonden ad usus publicos, a fund first established in 1765 by King Frederick V to support artistic and scientific efforts. Soon after. he was able to study briefly in Rome, then returned to Vienna
Back in Copenhagen, he became a candidate for membership in the Royal Academy and a full member in 1809. His attempts to become a professor failed, but he became artist in residence at Charlottenborg Castle in 1815. From 1817 to 1825 he was a lecturer at the Academy, where he taught perspective and mathematics. In his later years, he spent most of his time restoring old portraits at Frederiksborg Palace.
He is best known for his portraits of the Mozart family, painted during his second stay in Vienna: Constanze Mozart and a double portrait of her sons, Karl Thomas and Franz Xaver, currently on display in Salzburg.
He met his future wife, Jørgine Henriette Lie (born 1778), while painting Constanze Mozart, widow of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), who was then married to the Danish diplomat, Georg Nikolaus von Nissen (1761-1826). They married in 1803 and had a son, Constantin Hansen (1804-1880), named Constanze, who was his godfather. He also became a well-known painter. [6] [7]
Other portraitists of Hansen include Eline Heger , Christian Ditlev Frederik Reventlow , Anders Sandøe Ørsted , CA Lorentzen , Adam Wilhelm Moltke , Andreas Hallander , Princess Vilhelmine Marie , Friederich Münter and King Frederick VI. Sending in colissimo to note restoration of the frame.


Hans Hansen (22 February 1769 - 11 February 1828) was a Danish portrait painter. He is best known for his portraits of the Mozart family, painted during his second stay in Vienna: Constanze Mozart and a double portrait of her sons, Karl Thomas and Franz Xaver, which are currently on display in Salzburg.

Dimension with its frame 60cmx83cm (23''x32,6'')
Dimension without frame : 36cm x58cm (14''x22,8'')

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