"Christen Købke found his true self as well as his artistic themes in his close surroundings. He was not John Constable, nor Caspar David Friedrich, but in a strange way he was in some respects like them, just as one might find, without any real explanation, a flower growing where no-one would expect it. In Denmark, we have taken quiet pleasure in this, but since there is nothing better than to be able to share, it gives us even more enjoyment that in recent years Købke has come to occupy a place of honour in the context of the period between Napoleon and the European ideals of freedom."
– HM Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
Extract from the foreword to
'Christen Købke: Danish Master of Light' by David Jackson
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