Jensen's work has been largely influenced by the great 18th century Dutch Master, Jan Van Huysum. From 1833-1835 Jensen lived in a Scandinavian artist colony in Rome, where he met the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldson (I 768-1844), 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.