The Reliance

Details

Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (1850-1921)
The Reliance
signed and dated A. Jacobsen 1911 lower left
oil on board
32 x 21¾ in.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist, According to family tradition
Thence by descent in the family of the owner

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Lot Essay

The Reliance, owned by Cornelius Vanderbilt III, won the America's Cup 25 August 1903 racing against the Shamrock III, outfitted and owned by Irish millionaire, Thomas Lipton, by three miles, such a great margin that the competitor's ship was scrapped after the race. The designer of the Reliance, Nathanael Greene Herreshoff designed a ship that was longer, faster and had larger sails than any other competitor single-masted "J series" racing ship at the time. Antonio Jacobsen's portrait of the ship, painted in 1911, commemorates her most important race eight years earlier. Dismantled in 1913 the yacht was scrapped in South Brooklyn.

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