Kompositionsudkast til Blichers novelle "Vinhandleren og Herremanden", p. 198 - Kaj LYkke gør holdt foran Jens Bangs stenhus 1932 - 1935

This pencil sketch by Niels Larsen Stevns, dated 1932-1935, is a study for an illustration for the Danish novella "Vinhandleren og Herremanden" (The Wine Merchant and the Gentleman) by the author Steen Steensen Blicher. The composition of the sketch is unclear, but seems to depict two figures interacting in a scene with a stone building in the background, which is likely a depiction of Jens Bang's house. This sketch, now in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst, is a valuable insight into Stevns's artistic process as he prepared to illustrate the work of a prominent Danish writer.