The Hamburg Steam Ship Sorrento heading for the USA
Antonio Niccolò Gasparo Jacobsen (Kopenhagen 1850 - New York 1921)
Lot-No. 113
Proceeds : 6.200 €
Oil/canvas, 56 x 91,5 cm, lo. ri. sign. a. dat. A. Jacobsen 1887 as well as inscribed "705 Palisade Av. West Hoboken N.Y.", min. rest., relined. - It"s a ship of the Hamburg shipping company Robert M. Sloman. The Sorrento was one of the first German ships with refrigeration plant for transportation of frozen meat. - Danish-american marine painter, studied 1869-70 at the Copenhagen academy, in 1871 he emigrated to the USA where he soon became successful as ship portrait artist, his paintings are today in major collections in North America a. Europe. - Lit.: Weilbach.
Antonio Niccolò Gasparo Jacobsen: The Hamburg Steam Ship Sorrento heading for the USA
Antonio Niccolò Gasparo Jacobsen (Kopenhagen 1850 - New York 1921)
The Hamburg Steam Ship Sorrento heading for the USA
Lot-No. 113
Proceeds : 6.200 €
Oil/canvas, 56 x 91,5 cm, lo. ri. sign. a. dat. A. Jacobsen 1887 as well as inscribed "705 Palisade Av. West Hoboken N.Y.", min. rest., relined. - It"s a ship of the Hamburg shipping company Robert M. Sloman. The Sorrento was one of the first German ships with refrigeration plant for transportation of frozen meat. - Danish-american marine painter, studied 1869-70 at the Copenhagen academy, in 1871 he emigrated to the USA where he soon became successful as ship portrait artist, his paintings are today in major collections in North America a. Europe. - Lit.: Weilbach.