Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1828 - The Russian Ship of the Line Asowand a Frigate - fine art print

Additional information on the original artwork by Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark) (© - by Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark) - Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark))

C.W. Eckersberg had studied Russian ships of the line on two occasions before embarking on the painting of the “Asow” in 1828. Both times, however, his studies were made at Copenhagen, not Elsinore as shown in this picture. Thus, this painting is not a faithful reproduction of a single, specific scene; it is a presentation of what the ship would look like if viewed from a favourable position on the Oresund.

As realistically as possible Eckersberg prepared the painting with great care. He borrowed plans of ships of the line from the Danish navy, and he painstakingly calculated the relative positions of the ships on the water. He also studied the light, wind, and other meteorological conditions before commencing work, taking extra care to paint the cloud formations as realistically as possible.

Seascapes as favourite subject After 1821 seascapes had become Eckersberg’s favourite subject. They allowed him to bring together his interest in nature, ships, and meteorology, and over the next three decades he had the opportunity to depict almost every conceivable type of ship in every marine situation imaginable.

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In 1828 the painter Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg painted the 19th century artwork with the title The Russian Ship of the Line Asowand a Frigate. The original was made with the size: 77 x 65,8 x 7,5 cm and was produced with the technique oil on canvas. Moveover, this artpiece is included in the Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark)'s digital collection, which is the largest museum of fine arts in Denmark and is attached to the Danish Ministry of Culture.. This modern art artpiece, which is part of the public domain is being supplied with courtesy of National Gallery of Denmark.The creditline of the artpiece is the following: . Further, the alignment of the digital reproduction is in portrait format with a side ratio of 1 : 1.2, which means that the length is 20% shorter than the width. The painter Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg was an artist, whose style can mainly be classified as Realism. The artist was born in 1783 in Blaakrog, Varnaes, South Jutland, Denmark and died at the age of 70 in the year 1853.

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