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Jørgen Balthasar Dalhoff
Jørgen Balthasar Dalhoff (11 November 1800 - 2 March 1890) was a Danish goldsmith and industrialist. Early life and education Dalhoff was born on 11 November 1800 in Ønslev on Falster, the son of Peder Dalhoff (1757-1827) and Anna Margrethe Plesner (1766-1817). At age 15, he was sent to Copenhagen where he apprenticed as a goldsmith until 1820. He gained a reputation for being a skillful engraver and created several fine candlesticks for Christiansborg Palace in his brother Knud Plesner Dalhoff's (1794-1832) brazier workshop. He went on a three-year study trip abroad from 1824 to 1827, visiting Berlin, Vienna, Rome, Naples, and Paris. In Rome, he formed a friendship with Bertel Thorvaldsen of whom he created a bust. He also enrolled at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts where he studied under G. F. Hetsch. Career Back in Copenhagen, in 1829, he was by royal resolution licensed as a master goldsmith, with a right to work in all materials, and was in 1833 appointed as royal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budtz Müller
Bertel Christian Budtz Müller (26 December 1837 – 30 December 1884) was a pioneering Denmark, Danish photographer. He operated the photographic studio Budtz Müller & Co. at Bredgade 21 in Copenhagen and was appointed as court photographer in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Early life and education Budtz Müller was born in Mariager, the son of teacher Rasmus Müller (1787–1854) and Arnolde Cathrine Grundtvig (1803–1888). He apprenticed as a pharmacist in Aalborg and then moved to Copenhagen where he graduated as ''Pharmacist, candidatus pharmaciae'' in 1858. He worked for a year in Randers, and was then employed by Alfred Benzon (1823–1884), Alfred Benzon, founder of Alfred Benzon A/S, at the Svane Apotek (Copenhagen), Swan Pharmacy in Copenhagen in 1859. Career Müller and Benzon opened a shop with photography equipment at Bredgade 21 in 1862. It was converted into a photographic institute with student programmes in 1863. Benzon left the company in 1866. Müller was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |