Constantin Hansen

(1804–1880) dansk målare

Constantin Hansen (1804–1880) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Constantin Hansen belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.

Constantin Hansen was born in Rome and died in Frederiksberg. Constantin Hansen trained at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. The teachers included Gustav Friedrich Hetsch, Johan Frederik Clemens, and Christian August Lorentzen. Constantin Hansen worked in Amsterdam and Haarlem. Wikidata associates Constantin Hansen with Danish Golden Age. The awards include Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog, Professor, and etatsråd. The students included Sigurd Konstantin-Hansen and Agnes Börjesson.

The best-known works include ‘A Group of Danish Artists in Rome’, ‘The Danish Constituent Assembly’, ‘Resting Model’, and ‘The Artist's Eldest Sister’. The works belong mainly to the genre history painting. The catalogue has 113 works by Constantin Hansen with free images. The dated works span the years 1824–1880. Works by Constantin Hansen are held by several collections, among them Statens Museum for Kunst, Nationalmuseum, Nivaagaard, and Thorvaldsens Museum.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Rudolph Wiegmann, Auguste-Hyacinthe Debay, Jacques Raymond Brascassat, Thomas Allom, and Timofey Andreyevich Neff.

• Romanticism
• Ett sällskap danska konstnärer i Rom
• Den grundlagsstiftande nationalförsamlingen