#ditlev martens

[paintingsandhistory]

Pope Leo XII Visiting Thorvaldsen's Studios in the Piazza Barberini, 18 October 1826

Artist: Ditlev Martens (Danish, 1795-1864)

Date: 1828-1829

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark

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Ditlev Martens (July 26, 1795 - 1864) was a German-born Danish painter who studied at the Academy in Copenhagen under Eckersberg and received a Royal Stipend from the Danish King. He spent time in Rome with Thorvaldsen and later settled in Hamburg. When his studio there burned down he relocated to Copenhagen.

Martens was chiefly an architecture painter and the accuracy of his works has helped reconstructing and restoring several historical buildings in Denmark.

Above: Det indre af Roskilde Domkirke, 1824 - oil on canvas (SMK)