- Niels Christian Kierkegaard’s other drawing of his cousin Søren Aabye was done around 1840.
The face, which descends from quite broad cheekbones, narrowing to a point, was also characteristic of
Kierkegaard’s father and his favorite sister Petrea. His eyes seem to stare forever, while his lips have
lively lines. Niels Christian Kierkegaard subsequently reported that both of his sketches were “very
incomplete” because Søren Aabye “tricked me by not showing up at all—after having sat for me on
two occasions.”
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