Otto Marstrand had gone to the Danish West-Indies in 1830. In 1841 he made a short visit to Copenhagen and his mother wanted a painting of him. Wilhelm Marstrand had not yet returned from Italy, so the assignment went to Christen Købke.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Christen_K%C3%B8bke" class="extiw" title="w:en:Christen Købke"><span title="Danish artist (1810-1848)">Christen Købke</span></a>
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