The Art of Jens Juel

Jens Juel (1745 – 1802) was a danish painter primarily famous for his portrait painting. He was born in Balslev on the island of Fyn in Denmark. He showed a great interest in painting at an early age, so his parents arranged for him to study in Hamburg as an apprentice to the painter, Johann Michael Gehrman. (Juel, Jens. Portrait of a Noblewoman with her son. c. 1799. oil on canvas.) Soon