GUDMUND HENTZE Pencil, Pastel and Gouache on Paper, Danish Moonlit Canal Scene lotas 15th century

15th century

ring handle and rusty patina

25 Height 15

scrolled legs with bold

Furniture from British India and Ceylon

GUDMUND HENTZE Pencil, Pastel and Gouache on Paper, Danish Moonlit Canal Scene lotas 15th centuryDETAILS 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