Oil Marine Paintings By Vilhelm Melbye

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The experts at Bruun Rasmussen used the title Marine med fiskere i en båd samt andre skibe (Fishermen in a boat, and other ships). Had they looked closer at the painting they could have discovered that the boat More

Melbye made another view of the cave in 1851, see "Other versions".

The experts at Bruun Rasmussen wrote that there was a date next to the signature, but it was too faint to be deciphered.

Atrani, Amalfi Coast, Gulf of Salerno, by Vilhelm Melbye

Melbye made a smaller, slightly altered repeat of this view in 1863. See "Other versions".

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Melbye made a smaller version of this view in the same year. On the smaller version the ship carries no visible flags. See "Other versions".

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The experts at Bruun Rasmussen read the date as 1887, which is a bit spooky, considering Melbye died in 1882. A better guess would be 1857, as there are other paintings by him from Italy from that period. That More

This is more or less a smaller repeat of Melbye's 1856 painting, Aften ved Andalusiens Kyst. See "Other versions".

One must assume that the experts at Bruun Rasmussen have read and reproduced the title faithfully. They have not attempted to find the elusive Loch Limnke, but probably something with a somewhat similar name exists.

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Also in 1867, Melbye made another painting of a similar vessel with a broken mainmast, but with no visible coastline. See "Other versions".

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The experts at Bruun Rasmussen placed Christiansted on the neighbour island of St. Thomas, but that must be an oversight.

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Xebecs off Gibraltar was a recurring theme by Melbye. Normally he also dated the works.

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The experts at Bruun Rasmussen rather conveniently left out the middle part of the title used at Charlottenborg, catalog no. 122, Tilhøire i Billedet det engelske Linieskib »Edgar« (To the right the english shi More

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2-S15-S1-1880-2..V.Melbye, Schiffe auf bewegter See..Melbye, Vilhelm.1824-1882.."Schiffe auf bewegter See",.1880..Oel auf Leinwand, 44 x 60 cm..Kunsthandel London, Sotheby's,.17.Juni 1992, Lot 275...AKG images More

Melbye also made a larger version of this view in 1868.

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The 1858 date was provided at the Vallejo sale (probably part of the inscription on the verso).

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The experts at Bruun Rasmussen were not entirely sure of the 1858 date.

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The experts at Bruun Rasmussen assumed that the coast in the background was the Kullen in Sweden.

The first steam ship of the line was the French Napoleon of 1852. French at British naval ships passed the Bosporus and entered the Black Sea in January 1854 in aid of the Turks in the Crimean War.

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Coastal scene with fishing and other boats off Gibraltar with some figures shown in the foreground