Monday, January 5, 2026

Wilhelm Bendz
(1804– 1832)
 
Wilhelm Ferdinand Bendz was a Danish painter mainly known for genre works and portraits which often portray his artist colleagues and their daily lives. He was one of the most talented artists in the successful generation of painters who studied under Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg but died early and has therefore left a relatively small oeuvre.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Bendz
 


A Young Artist (Ditlev Blunck) Examining a Sketch in a Mirror
1826
Oil on panel
98 x 85 cm
Statens Museum for Kunst, København
https://open.smk.dk/artwork/image/KMS280/
 
The painting shows young Ditlev Blunck taking a break to examine a sketch for a portrait of George Valtin Sonne painting his brother, engraver Carl Edvard Sonne, by holding it up in front of a mirror to see if the composition works.
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