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View from the Artist's Window edit

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Original – View from the Artist's Window, a painting by Rørbye in 1825, depicting potted plants, a caged bird and a transparent curtain in his open window, the outside view showing Copenhagen harbour.

Reason: Martinus Rørbye (1803 – 1848) was a Danish painter, well known in Denmark both for genre works and landscapes. He was a central figure of the Golden Age of Danish painting during the first half of the 19th century. (Yes there is something called Danish Golden Age...) He was the first Danish painter to paint in Skagen half a century before the Skagen Painters. This is a typical Scandinavian window - there are always things on display in those.
Articles in which this image appears: View from the Artist's Window - new; Martinus Rørbye and Danish Golden Age
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: Martinus Rørbye

Support as nominator – Hafspajen (talk) 15:25, 27 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - although the discussion of this painting in the article should really be referenced. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:15, 28 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Would this do? National Gallery of Denmark: ^{Around the mid-1820s Rørbye found himself in a time of transition on several levels. On a personal level he was about to leave his childhood home where this view from the drawing-room window was painted. ...These different aspects of transition left their mark on the scene. The familiar closeness of the drawing room is contrasted with the sailing ships in the harbour, bound for faraway destinations. The cage in the window occupies a transitional position between the indoors and the outdoors, thereby emphasising the symbolism of the imprisoned bird. ... On the windowsill, flowers in different stages of growth reflect the stages of human life: The small cutting to the right is balanced by the flowering hydrangea and the partially withered flower in the middle of the picture. Out in the harbour the flowers are matched by three warships: the middle ship is still under construction, the right one has no rigging, leaving only the ship on the left seaworthy. During the Romantic era, open windows and ships on the sea became popular themes with symbolic undertones} Hafspajen (talk) 13:29, 28 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Eh, blast it all, new article. View from the Artist's Window, this is an iconic painting in Denmark, after all... It is considered as one of the Danish paintings highlights. Hafspajen (talk) 14:07, 28 October 2014 (UTC) ‎[reply]

Excellent. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:15, 28 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support – nice new article to go with it as well. SagaciousPhil - Chat 16:51, 28 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support – painted 17 years after the destruction of the Danish navy and the bombardment of the civilian population of Copenhagen with rockets, the view through the window shows the reconstructed naval dockyard and four of the new warships being built to replace those lost to the British. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 19:31, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Really? Hafspajen (talk) 20:59, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If his parents were living in Copenhagen. The building with the crane on the left of the painting seems to be that in the engraving at the bottom of Battle of Copenhagen (1807). Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 22:31, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes they were. Interesting - because this view is so typical Copenhagen. Hafspajen (talk) 22:44, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support Love the surprise history lesson. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 23:20, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Martinus Rørbye - View from the Artist's Window - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:28, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]