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In June 1838, as part of his extended Italian sojourn (1835–43), Hansen visited the Hellenic complex at Paestum, about fifty miles south of Naples. To compose this view, he stood within the so-called Temple of Neptune, using its massive fluted Doric columns to frame the distant Temple of Athena.

Not on view. Between 1835 and 1844 Hansen witnessed the excavation of well-known ancient monuments in Rome, which he tended to depict from different perspectives. Here he portrayed the triumphal arch of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus and, at right, the ancient Temple of Saturn; the domed building in the left background is the Church of ...

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The botanical embellishment from the off-center of the painting softens the heavy rationality. Among the Danish artists associated with the Golden Age of Danish Art is Constantin Hansen, a student at Eckersberg who also later followed the master’s footsteps to travel to Southern Europe.

Owner. National Gallery of Denmark. A Group of Danish Artists in Rome is an 1837 oil painting by the Danish Golden Age artist Constantin Hansen. The work depicts a group of Danish painters, architects, and other artists in a Roman hotel room; those painters depicted are Hansen himself, Michael Gottlieb Bindesbøll, Martinus Rørbye, Wilhelm ...

Dimensions. 338 cm × 500 cm (133 in × 200 in) Location. Frederiksborg Museum, Copenhagen. The Danish Constituent Assembly ( Danish. Den Grundlovsgivende Rigsforsamling) is a monumental oil painting by Constantin Hansen depicting the Danish Constituent Assembly 's first meeting on 23 October 1848 at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Carl Christian Constantin Hansen was one of the painters associated with the Golden Age of Danish Painting. He was deeply interested in literature and mythology, and inspired by art historian Niels Laurits Høyen, he tried to recreate a national historical painting based on Norse mythology.

One of his freest and most original studies is this picture of the Titus Arch near the Forum Romanum. He depicted it from a rather unconventional angle. The arch is not seen from the front, but from the side, thereby dramatically shortening the façade.