''From Copenhagen Stock Exchange'' () is a monumental 1895 oil on canvas group portrait painting by

Peder Severin Krøyer Peder Severin Krøyer (; 23 July 1851 – 21 November 1909), also known as P. S. Krøyer, was a Danish painter. Life Growing up and early training Krøyer was born in Stavanger, Norway, on 23 July 1851 to Ellen Cecilie Gjesdal. He was rai ...

, featuring 50 representatives of the Danish commercial and financial industries gathered in the Great Hall of

Børsen Børsen (Danish for "the Exchange"), also known as Børsbygningen ("The (Stock) Exchange building" in English), is a 17th-century stock exchange in the center of Copenhagen. The historic building is situated next to Christiansborg Palace, the seat ...

(the Exchange Building) in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark ...

History

The idea for the painting was conceived by

Gustav Adolph Hagemann Gustav Adolph Hagemann (16 May 1842 – 26 April 1916) was a Danish engineer and businessman. He was chief technical officer of the Danish Sugar Factories from 1872 to 1897 and then served as chairman of the board until 1916. He owned several su ...

in 1881 while he was entertaining C. F. Tietgen, who was posing for

's portrait of him. Hagemann presented the idea of four monumental group portrait paintings for the newly refurbished Great Hall in

featuring leading representatives of Denmark's trade, industry, agriculture, and shipping sectors. The Exchange Building was selected as the scene for the first of the paintings. The building had been purchased by

Grosserer-Societetet The ('Wholesalers' Society') was a society for wholesale merchants in Copenhagen founded by law in 1742. Since 1714, it was possible to acquire citizenship as a wholesaler in the city. was reorganized in 1817. In 1987 the association was replace ...

in 1857. Krøyer's price for painting it was DKK 20,000, and the plan was to raise the money through contributions from the people seen in it. The price for one of the more prominent locations in the foreground was initially DKK 800, while the price for a location in the middle was DKK 500, and one in the background was DKK 300. It turned out to be more difficult than expected to raise the money, and things did not start to move until S. V. Isberg from J. B. Suhr & Søn offered to pay DKK 5,000. This lowered the prices to DKK 500, DKK 300, and DKK 100. The painting was completed in 1895. The original plan of commissioning three more paintings was abandoned. Hagemann did, however, in 1901, commission '' Men of Industry'' (), as a private commission for his home in

Bredgade Bredgade ( lit. "Broad Street") is one of the most prominent streets in Copenhagen, Denmark. Running in a straight line from Kongens Nytorv for just under one kilometre to the intersection of Esplanaden and Grønningen, it is one of the major stre ...

. In April 2024, the painting was rescued from Børsen during a severe fire.

List of people portrayed in the painting

The people portrayed in the painting are: * Johan Hansen (1838–1913) * H. P. J. Lyngbye (1834–1920) * Jacob Holmblad (1839–1904) * Jacob B. A. Salomon * Carl Wall * Georg Petersen (1820–1900) * Sabinus Seidelin (1819–1904) * Jacob Heinrich Moresco (1828–1906) * Sophus Munk Plum (1847–1904) * Carl Albert Næser (1841–1913) *

Emil Vett Emil Vett (7 November 1843 – 18 February 1911) was a Danish businessman who was a co-founder of Magasin du Nord. Early life and education Vatt was born on 7 November 1843 in Rødby on Lolland, the son of medical doctor Julius Theodor Emil Vett ( ...

(1843–1911) * Theodor Wessel (1842–1905) * Bernhard Ruben * (1817–1893) * Harald Hansen (1835–1902) * Alfred P. Hansen (–1893) * (1817–1895?) * Ferdinand Ekman (1849–1901) * Benny Levin Fræckel (1825–1893) * Frants Andreas Lorck (1841–1914) * Harry Hertz (1828–1895) * (1832–1896) * Moritz Levy (1824–1892) * (1847–1914) * Claus L. Smidt (1841–1918) * Peter Nicolai Damm (1839–1918) * Martin R. Henriques (1825–1912) * (1830–1916) * (1839–1910) * Axel Prior (1843–1898) * (1835–1920) *

Carl Frederik Tietgen Carl Frederik Tietgen (19 March 1829 – 19 October 1901) was a Danish financier and industrialist. He played an important role in the industrialisation of Denmark as the founder of numerous prominent Danish companies, many of which are still i ...

(1829–1901) * Toxen Worm (1837–1902) * Gotfred Halkier (1837–1917) * (1848–1908) * Andreas Collstrop (1847–1933) * Albert Berendsen (1860–1897) * Victor Høffding (1836–1910) * Johannes M. Holm (1835–1912) * F. Fischer * F. Schiødte * Marcus Meyer *

Christoph Cloëtta Christoph Cloëtta, (24 September 1836 - 30 March 1897) was a Swiss-born Danish chocolatier and founder of the Cloetta, Brødrene Cloëtta chocolate factory in Copenhagen. Cloëtta was appointed as Swiss consul in 1888. Early life and education C ...

(1835–1897) * (1820–1895) * Sigfred Goldschmidt (1831–1906) * Philip W. Heyman (1837–1893) * Selgen Sthyr (1837–1922) * Carl Gammeltoft (1856–1934) * Valdemar Holm (1835–1908) *

Louis Meyer Louis Meyer (July 21, 1904 – October 7, 1995) was an American Hall of Fame race car driver who was the first three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500. Biography Born in lower Manhattan, New York on July 21, 1904, he was the son of French im ...

(1843–1929)

Related works

Krøyer completed a 49cm x 79 cm oil-on-canvas study for the Stock Exchange painting in 1894. It was previously owned by G. A. Hagemann (1929), Paul Hagemann, and the Codan insurance company but was later sold on a Bruun Rasmussen auction to an anonymous buyer. It has been on display at the following exhibitions: * Venice, "Esposizione Internationale d'Arte Della Citta di Venezia", 1909 no. 634 *

Kunstforeningen Kunstforeningen (English The Art Society), now officially called Gammel Strand after its address, is an exhibition space and non-profit membership organization located at Gammel Strand in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was founded in 1825 to promote and ...

, "P. S. Krøyer 1851-1909", 1910 no. 239 *

Forum Copenhagen Forum Copenhagen ( da, Forum København, italic=no) is a large multi-purpose, rentable indoor arena located in Frederiksberg, Denmark. It hosts a large variety of concerts, markets, exhibitions and other events. The venue can hold up to 10,000 p ...

, "Det danske Kunststævne", 1929 * Charlottenborg, "Mindeudstilling for P. S. Krøyer 1851-1951", 1951 Krøyer also painted several individual studies for some of the portraits. These include a study for the portrait of S. V. Isberg (

The David Collection The David Collection ( da, Davids Samling) is a museum of fine and applied art in Copenhagen, Denmark, built around the private collections of lawyer, businessman and art collector C. L. David. The museum is particularly noted for its collectio ...

, 1894) and Peter Nicolaj Damm (

Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent The Museum of Fine Arts ( nl, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, MSK) an art museum in Ghent, Belgium, is situated at the East side of the Citadelpark (near the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst). The museum's collection consists of some 9000 artworks ...

, 1894). was in connection with the 100th anniversary of the painting commissioned to paint '' Det danske handelskammers komite og administrerende direktør, 1995,'' a group portrait painting of the CEO and 13 committee members of the Danish Chamber of Commerce. Klugge and Krøyer are seen on the cover of two books held by two of the people seen in the painting. The painting, located in the Exchange Building's library, was rescued from the 2024 Børsen fire.

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List of people portrayed in the painting

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