C. W. Eckersberg (b. Blåkrog near Aabenraa 1783, d. Copenhagen 1853)
“Luftstudie med anlagte Skibe”. A study of the sky with an outline of ships. C. 1845. Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 15×29 cm.
Emil Hannover, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of C. W. Eckersberg no. 587.
Provenance: Presumably Eckersberg's estate auction 1854, listed under (in Danish) “Sketches, unfinished paintings and drawings”, no. 147–153. The heirs of commodore, harbour master W. Lüders (1898).
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Paintings, 24 November 2015