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Jens Juel is mostly known for his numerous portraits, many of which can be seen in Frederiksborg Castle in Copenhagen. Juel was an illegitimate child who was brought up by a schoolmaster and lived in Gamborg. He was sent as a teenager to study with the painter Johann Michael Gehrman in Hamburg, where he very early (in his twenties) gained a reputation as a skilled crafstman of portraits and landscapes. He then returned to Copenhagen to attend the Royal Danish Academy of Art as a young man. He later moved to Rome and Paris and Geneva, gaining experience and mingling with well-known painters in these cities. Having established his reputation, he finally returned to establish himself professionally in Copenhagen and became well known for his portraits of Danish royalty, nobility, and other wealthy clients. In 1795 he became the director of The Royal Danish Academy of Art.
Juel was an illegitimate child who was brought up by a schoolmaster and lived in Gamborg. He was sent as a teenager to study with the painter Johann Michael Gehrman in Hamburg, where he very early (in his twenties) gained a reputation as a skilled crafstman of portraits and landscapes. He then returned to Copenhagen to attend the Royal Danish Academy of Art as a young man. He later moved to Rome and Paris and Geneva, gaining experience and mingling with well-known painters in these cities. Having established his reputation, he finally returned to establish himself professionally in Copenhagen and became well known for his portraits of Danish royalty, nobility, and other wealthy clients. In 1795 he became the director of The Royal Danish Academy of Art.
Juel is mostly known for his numerous portraits, many of which can be seen in Frederiksborg Castle in Copenhagen.
Juel painted this portrait of a "Running Boy". The portrait was done at the very end of the artist's career and is dated 1802. The subject of the painting is Marcus Pauli Holst von Schmidten, obviously from an aristocratic family. The boy seems to be about 14-15 years old. The painting now hangs in the Statens Museum
for Kunst, Copenhagen.
The portrait of von Schmidten illustrates the typical clothing of an aristocratic European boy at the beginning of the 19th century (1802). Marcus wears very tight grey trousers (almost like tights) that have
tie closures at the ankles. With these he wears white silk stockings and low-cut shoes resembling slippers. On his upper body he wears a wide collared white shirt with what looks like a jabot (ruffled front),
a waistcoat and a form-fitting tail coat. The fashionable dress of the late 18th century is evident in the style of the tail coat and shirt with jabot; but instead of knee breeches (which were still being worn
by many gentlemen of the upper classes), he wears tight-fitting ankle-length trousers. Notice also the rather romantic hair style with the hair combed forward almost like bangs.
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