In 1822 Jensen moved to France to study porcelain manufacturing in
Sevres, where Crown Prince Christian Frederick of Denmark had
recommended him. He remained there for a few months until he was
appointed Principal painter at the Royal Copenhagen Porcelain
Manufactory in 1825. Jensen's paintings show a high degree of finish;
his colors are pure and brilliant. He combines firmness with sensitivity
and subtlety in a most appealing and competent way. From 1833-1835
Jensen lived in a Scandinavian artist colony in Rome, where he met the
Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldson 1768-1844, Thorvaldsen's vases are
rendered in these paintings, and are on display in the Thorvaldsen
Museum in Copenhagen today. Upon his return to Denmark in 1835, Jensen
was appointed a professor at the Royal Danish Academy o Works by Jensen
can be seen at the Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Altona Museum, The Oldenburg
Museum, The Copenhagen Museum, Thoravldsen Museum and The Montpellier
Museum.