Jens Juel (1745-1802): Portrait of Lovise Henriette Hersleb Malling, née Beck (1760-1831), around 1790.

Automatic translation from Danish.

Jens Juel (1745-1802): Portrait of Louise Henriette Hersleb Malling, born Beck (1759-1831), executed around 1790. Wearing a cream-colored dress, a curved hat with a veil. Dark curly hair, large eyes, rouge on cheeks and lips. Trees in the background. Oil on canvas. 70 x 54 cm.

Louise Henriette married Peder Hersleb (1755-1785) in 1780, who died at the age of 30. In their short marriage, they had four children. Two of their daughters married Willars Lunn, who inherited the Knabstrup estate from his father in 1814. First Louise, who died in childbirth in 1801 at the age of only twenty. Then Henriette. The two had nine children and managed to celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary.
In 1787, Louise Henriette remarried the Crown Prince's secretary, Frederik Iver Christian Malling (1745-1806). After his death, she was a widow for 25 years.
Literature: Ellen Poulsen: Jens Juel no. 575., 1991. Reproduced full-page p. 363, description p. 164. Thyge Fønss: Jens Juel – a European master 2021.
Provenance: The painting has been inherited by the Lunn family since her death. The last owner was the author and publisher Bo Bramsen, who was a direct descendant of Willars Lunn. The work has thus remained in the family's possession to this day.