# The Garden Steps Leading to the Artist's Studio on Blegdammen [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [KØBKE, Christen]() - Date: 1801-1850 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 23 x 33 cm ## Commentary The Garden Steps Leading to the Artist's Studio on Blegdammen c. 1845 Oil on canvas, 23 x 33 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen The artist's father died in 1843, and after a few years it turned out that the family had to move out of their home on Blegdammen, which at the time lay outside of Copenhagen. This prompted a desire to capture the scenes that had been part of his everyday life since the family moved there in 1833. ## Related artworks - [A View of the Square in the Kastel Looking Towards the Ramparts]() - [Portrait of Adolphine Købke, Sister of the Artist]() - [Portrait of Frederik Sødring]() - [Self-Portrait]() - [View from a Window in Toldbodvej Looking Towards the Citadel in Copenhagen]() - [View of a Street in Østerbro outside Copenhagen. Morning Light]() - [View of One of the Lakes in Copenhagen]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()