Can a painting be cursed?
18/03/24
Author lecture
Associate professor Anders Ravn Sørensen and museum inspector Benjamin Asmussen have been wondering about this for 7 years! They have followed on the heels of a painting from the 1700th century, painted by the famous Jens Juel.
The painting's owners have been involved in gigantic fraud cases, huge bank claims, consistent tax evasion and much more, and it's almost as if bad luck sticks to the painting.
Photo: Bruun Rasmussen's Art Auctions
In this lecture, the two authors talk about the painting, the owners and the studies, as well as the Jewish connections in the history of the painting in the 1700th and 1900th centuries.
The book "The curse of the painting - the hunt for an artwork and its owners" has been nominated for the historical book of the year 2023. See which other books have been nominated and cast your vote at historie-online. The vote runs until 1 March 2024: https://www.historie-online.dk/aarets-historiske-bog-2023
Date: Monday 18 March 2024 at 17.00:18-30:XNUMX
Location: "The Fish" (next to The Black Diamond). Christians Brygge 3, 1219 Copenhagen K
Price: DKK 100 (free for members of the Society for Danish Jewish History)
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organizer: The event is held in collaboration with the Danish Jewish Museum and the Society for Danish Jewish History