Ulrich Ferdinand Beenfeldt

Ulrich Ferdinand Beenfeldt (25 November 1714 – 19–20 October 1782) was a Danish portrait painter who worked for the Danish royal family as well as aristocracy and Copenhagen's wealthy bourgeoisie.

Early life

Beenfeldt was born on 17 November (another source says 25 November[1]) in Copenhagen to tailor Hans Jacobsen Beenfeldt (died 1754) and Birgithe Malene Jensdatter Engelman (died 1721). Nothing is known about his early life and education.[2]

Career

The earliest known work by Beenfeld is a copy from 1743 of an earlier portrait of Christine Fuiren Harboe (Støvringgård). In 1747, he painted a portrait of C. P. Flensborg. His earliest known portrait for the royal court is a portrait of Princess Louise from 1749. Other commissions came from some of the leading aristocratic families of the time, including the Reventlow, Laurvigen, Frijs and Holstein family. For several years, he worked for the latter at Ledreborg, creating new portraits as well as copies and cpnsercation of older works.

Personal life and legacy

In November 1744, Beenfeldt married to Anna Catharina Elisabeth Göbel (1714-1761). She was a daughter of dyer Johan Georg Göbel (died 1752) and Cathrine Maria Schulz. After his wife's death on 1 December 1761, he married secondly on 6 November 1762 to Lovise Sophie Jantzen (1738-1811). She was a daughter of councilman postmaster in Nyborg Abraham Jantzen (1697–1759) and Anna Suzanne Rosbeck (1701–53).

List of works

References

  1. ^ Larsen, Alfred. "Familien Jantzen fra Drenderupgaard" (PDF) (in Danish). Kulturstyrelsen. p. 10. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  2. ^ Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish) https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Ulrich_Ferdinand_Beenfeldt. Retrieved 9 August 2025. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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