Lot Essay
A related compositional sketch can be found in the artist's travel diary from 1830 (G. Nygaard, Maleren Martinus Rørbyes Rejsedagbog 1830, Copenhagen, 1930, p. 56).
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Fiskere ved Limfjorden (Fishermen at Limfjorden)
Details
MARTINUS CHRISTIAN WESSELTOFT RØRBYE (DRAMMEN 1803-COPENHAGEN 1848)
Fiskere ved Limfjorden (Fishermen at Limfjorden)
dated and signed with artist's initials '1832./M.R.....' (on the rock, lower right)
oil on canvas
14 ¾ x 11 7/8 in. (37.5 x 30.2 cm.)
Fiskere ved Limfjorden (Fishermen at Limfjorden)
dated and signed with artist's initials '1832./M.R.....' (on the rock, lower right)
oil on canvas
14 ¾ x 11 7/8 in. (37.5 x 30.2 cm.)
Provenance
J. J. Holm, until April 1905.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 19 November 1997, lot 89, as Baiting the Lines, Limfjorden.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 19 November 1997, lot 89, as Baiting the Lines, Limfjorden.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
Copenhagen, Kunstforeningen, Fortegnelse Over M. Rørbyes Arbejder som Vejledning ved Udstillingen i Kunstforeningen, March-April 1905, p. 9, no. 39.
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