Early Life, Family and Training Born in the Danish town of Hørsholm on 4 May 1787, Hans Linstow came into a world shaped by noble lineage. His parents, Hartvig Christoph von Linstow and Charlotta Benedicta Eleonora von der Lühe, belonged to a family of Mecklenburg origin that had become naturalized in Denmark. He spent his formative years growing up within the walls of Hirschholm Castle, a setting that likely nurtured the visual sensi…