Jens Ernst Wegener

He was the father of painter Gustav Theodor Wegener.

Wegener succeeded Jacob Saxtorph as principal of Jonstrup Seminarium in 1819.

[2] Hans Christian Andersen mentions him in Mit livs rejse.

His daughter Johanne (Hanne) was married to the paper merchant and art collector Wilhelm Wanscher.

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Constantin Hansen : Konsistorialråd J. Ernst Wegener
Constantin Hansen's portrait of Wegener's eldest daughter, Hanne Wanscher, née Wegener, 1835