Summary of article in Billed Bladet #02, 2012.
Første maleri med Christian - First painting with Christian.
Written by Annelise Weimann.
The peinting is in my opinion just as hideous in the magazine. I did howver notice on TV that the painting contains a lot of minute details, that become visible when you look at it up close. - Stil don't like the perspective and composition though.
Aaanyway, Niels Strøbek painted it. The setting is the Knights Hall/Great Hall in the palai, where the Regent Couple reside. Through the window you can see the palais where M&F has their home. (*) He is among QMII's favorite artists and he has indeed portrayed her three times before. It is however the first time he has painted Frederik and it's the first painting Christian is in at all.
The three royals took turn in going to the atelier of Niels Strøbek to pose.
He said about Christian that he handled the task as a model very well: "Christian is as children should be. There were no problems".
QMII is for once portrayed with her glasses on. Niels Strøbek explains: "The Queen is the main character in my painting, because the occasion for why it is even painted is the 40th jubilee of the Queen. That's why Crown Prince Frederik is standing behind his mother and is looking in the same direction as her, while Christian looks trustingly up at his farmor (paternal grandmother). It's the monarchy and it's continuation we see".
The painting is 2.50 meters X 1.75 and it took a year to complete. The painting will now be exhibited at Frederiksborg Slot (not Fredensborg Slot).
(*) Aren't those tho palais placed directly opposite? Which means that it would be impossible to see Frederik VIII's Palais in that angle?
ADDED: A little trivia about QMII:
http://www.billedbladet.dk/Kongelig...ting du ikke viste om dronning margrethe.aspx
QMII is 182 centimeters tall or 6 feet.
QMII is the 221st in line for the British throne. - The same rules do not apply for the Danish throne. There is no 221st in line for the Danish Throne.
In 1972 QMII became Allied-Colonel-in-Chief of the then The Queen's Regiment, later Princess of Wales Royal Regiment.
in 1997 she became Colonel-in-chief of The Princess of Wales Royal Regiment.