Reinhold Timm (died 12 January 1639) was a
Danish
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painter. From 1619 he participated in the decoration in the Long Hall at
Rosenborg Castle
Rosenborg Castle ( da, Rosenborg Slot) is a renaissance architecture, renaissance castle located in Copenhagen, Denmark. The castle was originally built as a country summerhouse in 1606 and is an example of Christian IV of Denmark, Christian IV's ...
in
Copenhagen
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with 7 or 8 large
allegorical
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paintings of which only one, ''Unge mænd brydes på en bro'', is signed while the others are attributed. Today they are kept at
Kronborg Castle
Kronborg is a castle and stronghold in the town of Helsingør, Denmark. Immortalized as Elsinore in William Shakespeare's play ''Hamlet'', Kronborg is one of the most important Renaissance castles in Northern Europe and was inscribed on the UNES ...
.
From 1624 he was a drawing teacher at
Sorø Academy
Sorø Academy (Danish, ''Sorø Akademi'') is a boarding school and gymnasium located in the small town of Sorø, Denmark. It traces its history back to the 12th century when Bishop Absalon founded a monastery at the site, which was confiscated by ...
.
See also
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Art of Denmark
Danish art is the visual arts produced in Denmark or by Danish artists. It goes back thousands of years with significant artifacts from the 2nd millennium BC, such as the Trundholm sun chariot. For many early periods, it is usually considered ...
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17th-century Danish painters
Danish male painters
Renaissance painters
1639 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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