caption movement death_date death_place birth_place training nationality field birth_date image article_title name bgcolour
'' -lrb- 1852 -rrb- martin roerbye '' , engraving by erling eckersberg danish golden age 29 august 1848 copenhagen , denmark drammen , norway royal danish academy of fine arts danish painting 17 may 1803 martin roerbye 1803-1848 . jpg martinus rørbye
 martinus christian wesseltoft rørbye '' ' # 6495ed
martinus rørbye

martinus christian wesseltoft rørbye -lrb- 17 may 1803 -- 29 august 1848 -rrb- was a danish painter , known both for genre works and landscapes .
he was a central figure of the golden age of danish painting during the first half of the 19th century .
the most traveled of the danish golden age painters , he traveled both north to norway and sweden and south to italy , greece and constantinople .
he was also the first danish painter to take to painting in skagen at the northern top of jutland , almost half a century before the thriving community of skagen painters formed and came to fame , through michael ancher , anna ancher and p.s. krøyer .
