Michael Ancher painting Anna Ancher standing in the doorway

Among the group of Skagen painters, Peder Severin Krøyer was the one, who painted most portraits of other artists in the process of painting. Here, he has depicted the painter Michael Ancher in the process of painting a study for the large-scale portrait of his wife and fellow artist Anna Ancher. Michael Ancher finished the painting Portrait of my wife. The painter Anna Ancher in 1884.