Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
1783-1853
The Corvette Najaden
ca. 1833
11 5/8 x 18 9/16 inches (295 x 471 mm)
Pen and black ink and wash, over black chalk.
2006.34
Thaw Collection.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pen and black ink at lower left in a box, "Afstanden fra agterste Pr. ... 300 Alen / Diametralplanets afvigelse ... 60 Gr / Kraengning ... 5 Gr / Nedduvning ... 2 1/2 Gr / Oiets hoide over vandlinien 5 Alen /" [illegible] "340 Alen" (in graphite, erased); in graphite at lower right (above boat), "Nord" [ost?] "land".
Associated names
Koch, Jørgen Hansen, former owner.
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.
Bibliography
Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 113, repr.
The Thaw Collection : Master Drawings and Oil Sketches : Acquisitions since 1994. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 2002, no. 28.
The Thaw Collection : Master Drawings and Oil Sketches : Acquisitions since 1994. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 2002, no. 28.
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Century Drawings
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