Focus on A Meeting in the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters and explain the abstract.
A Meeting in the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters is a monumental 1897 oil-on-canvas group portrait painting by Peder Severin Krøyer, depicting the membership of Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters during one of its meetings in the Prince's Mansion in Copenhagen. The painting was commissioned by the Carlsberg Foundation in conjunction with the construction of its new building on H. C. Andersens Boulevard. Measuring 519.4 cm (204.5 in) wide and 266.7 cm (105.0 in) tall, it is Krøyer's largest painting.
Copenhagen Peder Severin Krøyer Prince's Mansion H. C. Andersens Boulevard Carlsberg Foundation Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters