Gerhard Morell, Keeper of the Royal Danish Kunstkammer
by WAHL, Johann Salomon, Oil on canvas, 78 x 63 cm
Johann Salomon Wahl was curator of the Royal Danish Kunstkammer and a practicing artist. In the present painting he has portrayed his successor, Gerhard Morell. Wahl had imposed a certain degree of order upon the old-fashioned “kunstkammer” (cabinet of curiosities/art display). The advent of Morell, an enthusiastic buyer of arts, made it possible to transform the collections into a royal gallery and art collection in the international vein.