A new portrait of Her Royal Highness Princess Benedikte of Denmark was unveiled at the National History Museum at Frederiksborg Castle in Hillerød. It was the princess herself who unveiled the new portrait. The princess is the sister of Queen Margrethe of Denmark and Queen Anne Marie of Greece.
The portrait was made by artist Lars Physant and is a part of the exhibition “The Contrapuntal Portrait”. The exhibition shows a selection of Physant’s portraits and studies, which present the artist’s method and approach to portraying another human being. The new painting of the Danish princess can be seen in the exhibition until 16 August. Lars Physant has portrayed Princess Benedikte before, just as he has made portraits of Queen Margrethe and Queen Anne-Marie and King Constantine of Greece. Common to Physant’s portraits is that they are painted as fragmented images on relief structures of wood.
Princess Benedikte made no secret of the fact that she was both honoured and very happy with the new portrait, which now hangs at the National History Museum. To the Danish magazine “Billed Bladet” Her Royal Highness said: “It is a great honour. I had never dreamed that I would be a part of the National History Museum and I was also very surprised. I found this to be wonderfully fun and rewarding. The picture is one of my favourites. Now I hope many want to come and see it. I hope the painting can hang here for a really long time and that it will also have a value in the future for those who come to see it.”
It is the Danish state that has paid for the picture and decided that it will be a permanent part of the exhibition at the museum as a thank you to Princess Benedikte for her many years of service.
