A christening

In his large painting A Christening, Michael Ancher portrays the christening of his daughter Helga, surrounded by godfathers. All the godfathers were members of the artistic community in Skagen; Ancher wanted the “spiritual godfathers” of his daughter present. As time went by he had to replace some of the artists since not all returned to Skagen every summer. His fellow artist Krøyer, though, stan…