Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein Stub

Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein Stub (15 August 1783 – 24 July 1816[1]), also written Kratzenstein-Stub, was a Danish painter, mainly of mythological subjects which were popular in Denmark at the time.

[2] In addition, in 1813 he had painted the picture Hother and the three forest nymphs (after Saxo), which gained him membership of the Danish Academy.

In the summer of 1816, he went out to a sister at Kalundborg Ladegård [da] to convalesce in the country air, but he died there on 24 July of the same year.

This general satisfaction probably came from Kratzenstein Stub's choice of subjects, which educated Danes of the time especially appreciated.

Kratzenstein Stub's pictures were thought to embody "a Raphael Mengs' colour and a van der Werff's brush".

But while Carstens' works were thought to be more epic and sculptural, Kratzenstein Stub's compositions—especially concerning Cupid and Psyche—were felt to embody a lyrical, sometimes sentimental sweetness that corresponds to the vague, dreamy character of his drawing style.