Portrait of Elen Cecilie Gjesdahl., Peder Severin Krøyer, 1869

She was krøyer's biological mother, but her mental instability prevented her from raising him, so her sister's family in copenhagen took him in. Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: 1869. Dimensions: height: 24.4 cm (9.6 in); width: 19.4 cm (7.6 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Skagens Museum. Peder Severin Krøyer - Elen Cecilie Gjesdahl - 1869