Early Life and Training Constantin Hansen (1804 – 1880) was born in Rome, Italy, the son of portrait painter Hans Hansen. The family soon relocated to Vienna, where Constanze Mozart, the widow of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, became godmother at his christening and he was named after her. Within his first year, the family moved to Copenhagen, where he was raised. He entered the architecture school of the Royal Danish Academy of Art (*Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi*) at 12 years of age, but changed his course of study to painting at the age of 21. He began his training under Christoffer Wilhelm…