AT-00006215
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Vessel of the Russian Line (Vaisseau de ligne russe)
Inscriptions
Inscribed upper left, in graphite (partially erased): “70”; upper right, in graphite (partially erased): “W. E.” (?)
Provenance
Estate of the artist; sold, Jan. 17, 1854, lot 70. Sold by Axel Duckert Gallery to Kay Otto Fisker (1893–1965), Copenhagen, Dec, 1944; by descent [according to Didier Aaron 2019]. Sold, Bruun Rasmussen Kunstauktioner, Bredgade, June 8, 2018 lot 219; to Didier Aaron, Paris; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2019.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg / Danish, 1783-1853
- Date
- 1827
- Medium
- Pen and black ink, with brush and black ink wash and touches of graphite, on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- 37.3 × 29 cm (14 11/16 × 11 7/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- drawings (visual works)
- Place
- Denmark
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Regenstein Endowment Fund
- Accession no.
- 2019.926
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Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00006215
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