Portrait of an Old Sailor

1832

Dating: Exact year
Held at: Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: [{"notes": "310 x 270 mm", "part": "Netto", "type": "højde", "unit": "centimeter", "value": "31"}, {"notes": "310 x 270 mm", "part": "Netto", "type": "bredde", "unit": "centimeter", "value": "27"}, {"notes": "442 x 402 x 62 mm", "part": "Brutto", "type": "højde", "unit": "centimeter", "value": "44.2"}, {"notes": "442 x 402 x 62 mm", "part": "Brutto", "type": "bredde", "unit": "centimeter", "value": "40.2"}, {"notes": "442 x 402 x 62 mm", "part": "Brutto", "type": "dybde", "unit": "centimeter", "value": "6.2"}]
Collection no.: KMS577
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: Public Domain Mark 1.0License details

Christen Købke. Portrait of an Old Sailor. Statens Museum for Kunst. Public Domain Mark 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)

About this artwork

Portrait of an Old Sailor — Christen Købke. 1832.

Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: .

Collection record: Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK), Copenhagen. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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