A Visionary of the Danish Golden Age Jørgen Valentin Sonne (1801–1890) remains a luminous figure in the tapestry of Danish Romanticism, a painter whose brush captured not merely the landscapes of his homeland but the very soul of a nation in transition. Born in Birkerød, Sonne was the son of Jeppe Sonne, a skilled copperplate engraver for the Royal Mint. This early exposure to the precision of engraving likely planted the seeds of the…