EDINBURGH.- Christen Købke: Danish Master of Light is the first monographic exhibition of paintings by Christen Købke (18101848) to be shown outside Denmark. Købke is the greatest of the Danish Golden Age painters, yet he is still insufficiently known outside his native country. This exhibition will introduce one of the most remarkable European artists of the nineteenth century to British audiences. This show comprises 48 of Købkes most beautiful and distinguished works spanning a variety of genres: landscape, topography, portraiture and his charming depictions of national monuments. They present some of the most innovative aspects of his work including outdoor sketching, his fascination with painterly immediacy, and his unique treatment of light and atmosphere. Scenes include those of his home town, Copenhagen (The Northern Drawbridge to the Citadel in