(b Copenhagen, 2 Sept 1722; d Copenhagen, 23 or 24 May 1783). Danish painter, active also in Russia. He was apprenticed to the portrait painter Johann Salomon Wahl in Copenhagen. In 1755 he competed unsuccessfully for the gold medal at the Royal Academy of Art in Copenhagen with a historical painting, Lot and his Wife (untraced). In a letter he complained that the rules did not allow him to enter a portrait, a genre more suited to his talents. Presumably in 1756 he completed the portraits of the registrar of the royal art collections, Lorenz Spengler and his Wife (Copenhagen, Stat. Mus. Kst).
ID de tableau:: 77738 Portrait new24/Vigilius Eriksen-755673.jpg Date 1778(1778)
Medium Oil
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ID de tableau:: 77948 Portrait of Grand Prince Paul Petrovich in the Classroom new24/Vigilius Eriksen-979387.jpg ca. 1766(1766)
Medium Oil on canvas
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ID de tableau:: 87018 Portrait of Duke Frederick, Frederick V of Denmark new25/Vigilius Eriksen-396469.jpg Date 1777(1777)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 236x196 cm
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ID de tableau:: 91744 Portrait of Duke Frederick, Frederick V of Denmark new25/Vigilius Eriksen-997433.jpg 1777(1777)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 236x196 cm
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