Jeppe Jørgen Sonne

Jørgen Sonne: Soldiers on the battlefield in the morning after a battle. "En Valplads Morgenen efter et slag". Soldiers on the battlefield the morning after a battle. Signed and dated J. Sonne 1835. Oil on canvas. 60 x 81 cm. Thorvaldsens Museum, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Jørgen Sonne S 44. Repetition of no. 35 in the Catalogue Raisonné. That one dated Roma 1832 and exhibited at Charlottenborg in 1833.The subject was popular and was repeated by Sonne four times. Two versions are today owned by the Thorvaldsens Museum, dated 1833 (no. 36 in the Catalogue Raisonné) and Den Hirschsprungske Samling dated 1875 (no. 200 in the Catalogue Raisonné). Hans Christian Andersen saw one version owned by Bertel Thorvaldsen in an exhibition in Rome in 1834, and he described it as: "Et smukt Bataillestykke", (A beautiful battlefield).The scene that takes place during the Napoleonic wars depicts a Bavarian bivouac in the morning after the battle with wounded soldiers. In Sonne's later war paintings, one finds the same mood as in this early work. He prefers to depict the quiet periods of reflection after the battle rather than the actual battle scene.

"Morgen ved stalddøren"/"Morning at the stable door". Signed J. Sonne, 1871. Oil on canvas. 90 x 86 cm. Litterature: Helsted og Sørensen: "Jørgen Sonne", p. 205 no. S185. Exhibited: Charlottenborg, 1871 with additional title: "Mens Følhoppen bliver striglet gjør Føllet Bekjendtskab", Reitzel p. 637. Exhibited: Charlottenborg, 1871.

Jørgen Sonne: Homeward bound after church. "På kirkestien i skoven". "På kirkestien i skoven". Homeward bound after church. Signed and dated J. S. 1864. Oil on canvas. 43 x 54 cm. Thorvaldsens Museum, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Jørgen Sonne no. S 154. Exhibited: Kunstforeningen, "Arbejder af Jørgen Sonne", 1925 no. 50, owned by Mrs. B. Hartmann. Århus Kunstmuseum, "Jørgen Sonne - En dansk guldaldermaler", 1989 no. 82, reproduced and mentioned p. 120 in the exhibition catalogue.

"Morgen ved Stalddøren. Mens Følhoppen bliver striglet gjør Føllet Bekjendtskab." Morning at the stable door. Signed and dated J. Sonne 1871. Oil on canvas. 90 x 86 cm. Thorvaldsens Museum, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Jørgen Sonne no. S 185. Exhibited: Charlottenborg 1871 no. 263.

801/163: Jørgen Sonne: Summer landscape with a girl herding geese. Summer landscape with a girl herding geese. Signed J. Sonne. Oil on canvas. 22 x 33 cm.