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The idea for the painting was conceived by Gustav Adolph Hagemann in 1881 while he was entertaining C. F. Tietgen, who was posing for Peder Severin Krøyer's portrait of him. Hagemann presented the idea of four monumental group portrait paintings for the newly refurbished Great Hall in Børsen featuring leading representatives of Denmark's trade, industry, agriculture, and shipping sectors. The Exchange Building was selected as the scene for the first of the paintings. The building had been purchased by Grosserer-Societetet in 1857. Krøyer's price for painting it was DKK 20,000, and the plan was to raise the money through contributions from the people seen in it. The price for one of the more prominent locations in the foreground was initially DKK 800, while the price for a location in the middle was DKK 500, and one in the background was DKK 300. It turned out to be more difficult than expected to raise the money, and things did not start to move until S. V. Isberg from J. B. Suhr & Søn offered to pay DKK 5,000. This lowered the prices to DKK 500, DKK 300, and DKK 100. The painting was completed in 1895. The original plan of commissioning three more paintings was abandoned. Hagemann did, however, in 1901, commission Men of Industry (), as a private commission for his home in Bredgade. In April 2024, the painting was rescued from Børsen during a severe fire. ==List of people portrayed in the painting==

The people portrayed in the painting are: • Johan Hansen (1838–1913) • H. P. J. Lyngbye (1834–1920) • Jacob Holmblad (1839–1904) • Jacob B. A. Salomon • (1850–1927) • Georg Petersen (1820–1900) • Sabinus Seidelin (1819–1904) • Jacob Heinrich Moresco (1828–1906) • (1847–1904) • (1841–1913) • Emil Vett (1843–1911) • Theodor Wessel (1842–1905) • Bernhard Ruben • (1817–1893) • Harald Hansen (1835–1902) • Alfred P. Hansen (1829–1893) • (1817–1895?) • Ferdinand Ekman (1849–1901) • Benny Levin Fræckel (1825–1893) • Frants Andreas Lorck (1841–1914) • Harry Hertz (1828–1895) • (1832–1896) • Moritz Levy (1824–1892) • (1847–1914) • Claus L. Smidt (1841–1918) • Peter Nicolai Damm (1839–1918) • Martin R. Henriques (1825–1912) • (1830–1916) • (1839–1910) • Axel Prior (1843–1898) • (1835–1920) • Carl Frederik Tietgen (1829–1901) • Toxen Worm (1837–1902) • Gotfred Halkier (1837–1917) • (1848–1908) • Andreas Collstrop (1847–1933) • Albert Berendsen (1860–1897) • Victor Høffding (1836–1910) • Johannes M. Holm (1835–1912) • F. Fischer • F. Schiødte • Marcus Meyer • Christoph Cloëtta (1835–1897) • (1820–1895) • Sigfred Goldschmidt (1831–1906) • Philip W. Heyman (1837–1893) • Selgen Sthyr (1837–1922) • Carl Gammeltoft (1856–1934) • Valdemar Holm (1835–1908) • Louis Meyer (1843–1929) ==Related works==

Krøyer completed a 49cm x 79 cm oil-on-canvas study for the Stock Exchange painting in 1894. It was previously owned by G. A. Hagemann (1929), Paul Hagemann, and the Codan insurance company but was later sold on a Bruun Rasmussen auction to an anonymous buyer. It has been on display at the following exhibitions: ==See also==