Anton Melbye (b. Copenhagen 1818, d. Paris 1875)
“Endeel forskiellige Coffardieskibe, krydsende i stiv Kuling til den i Baggrunden liggende Helsingöers Rhed”. A number of different Coffardie ships (merchant ships), crossing in a stiff gale to the roadstead of Helsingör in the background. Signed and dated Anton Melbye Kjøbenhavn Januar (?) 1843. Oil on canvas. 106×151 cm.
Exhibited: Charlottenborg 1843 no. 170. Melbye was awarded the Neuhausen Prize for the painting by the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
Provenance: Bought by Kunstforeningen (The Danish Art Society) and was disposed of by lottery at Kunstforeningen 1843, here won by a Chamberlain Holstein in Flensburg (?). According to the brass plate on the frame: Given in 1934 to director Ole Sundø “In memory of a quarter of a century in the Egmont H. Petersen Company. Appointed by the Foundation's Board”.
Coffardie ship is a merchant ship.
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Fine art, 4 March 2024