This painting of the 22-year-old Karen Margrethe Borch is one of Eckersberg’s most original portraits. It was commissioned by her father, the theologian and art collector Rasmus Borch, who was a friend of the artist’s. The portrait is special in that it shows the sitter almost full-length, and surrounded by an illusionistic painted frame. This trompe l’oeil device is found in only one other work by Eckersberg, it too commissioned by Rasmus Borch.