Jens JuelDanish, 1745–1802Studie af bjergtoppe
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Not on view at present
Where is “Studie af bjergtoppe” now? Collection: SMK — National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Copenhagen, Denmark
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- KKSgb5349 verso
In the catalog
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- SMK
- Image: SMK — National Gallery of Denmark — public domain
In the life of Jens Juel
The whole life1772–1780
Eight years abroad: Rome and Paris
From 1772 Juel lived and worked in Rome, and later went to Paris, then an important centre of portrait painting; he returned to Denmark only eight years later, in 1780.
1780
Returns to Denmark as portraitist to the royal house
In 1780, after eight years abroad, Juel returned to Denmark and at home painted the well-known picture “The Poet of the Messiah” (Messiadens Digter). In Copenhagen he became the portraitist of the royal house and of many aristocratic patrons.
1780
Meets the poet Klopstock
Before returning to Denmark, Juel met, among others, the poet Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, author of the “Messiah”.
1780–1802 · Workplace
Copenhagen
4 April 1782
Unanimously elected a member of the Academy
On 4 April 1782 Juel was unanimously elected a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
