Christian Aigens, Portrait Of A Boy Portraits Frame scrapped back from its

Frame scrapped back from its original gilding

The portrait is signed/dated in the top right and housed within a gilded frame with a foliate border and coved sides

river and various figures

Size including frame 30⅔” x 18” / 78cm x 46cm

Christian Aigens, Portrait Of A Boy Portraits Frame scrapped back from itsA charming portrait of a boy looking curiously out of a window by Danish artist, Anders Peter Christian Aigens (1870 1940). Aigens often painted this lad and hes likely related perhaps its his son. Aigens was born in Copenhagen and trained at the Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler, which offered an alternative approach to the classical leanings of the Academy. During his time there, he studied under Peder Severin Kryer and Laurits Tuxe. He later trained at