Martinus Rorbye (Danish 1803-1848) Two shepherd... Lot 337

Martinus Rorbye (Danish 1803-1848) Two shepherd boys in the Roman Campagna Dated 1835 and inscribed Roma Oil on paper laid on canvas 21.4 x 28.5cm; 8½ x 11¼in Provenance: Martinus Rørbye estate sale, Copenhagen, 1849, lot 41; C. von Bornemann, 1905; Hans Tobiesen (1881-1953); his posthumous sale, Winkel et Magnussen, auction 388, 1954, no. 99. Literature: Martinus Rørbye 1803-1848, catalogue raisonné (Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen, 1981), no. 97. The painting is a preparatory work for a version in the Scottish National Gallery (NG 2707). At the time of Rørbye's estate sale the faces were unfinished, and these were later completed by Wilhelm Marstrand (1810-1873).