The Sculptor Jens Adolf Jerichau, the Artist's Husband

Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann said about this portrait of her husband Jens Adolf Jerichau (1816-1883) that “it contains the most loving memories which denote her marital life” and that “it will not be sold for as long as she lives”. The couple met each other in Rome and married there during the carnival 19 February 1846. In 1849, they moved to Copenhagen as Jens Adolf Jerichau was appointed Professor…