Auf stürmischer See. 1894.
Oil on canvas.
Lower left signed and signed and dated in lower right. 80 x 100 cm (31.4 x 39.3 in).

• Dramatic depiction of a sea rescue of a Dutch boat.
• A sophisticated lighting underlines the dramatic scene.

We are grateful to Galerie Paffrath, Düsseldorf, for the kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: Collection Kommerzienrat Korff, no place (until 1928, Kunsthaus Lempertz, October 2, 1928).
Collection Theodor Johannsen, Wedel (acquired from above presumably in 1928, ever since family-owned).

LITERATURE: Kunsthaus Lempertz, Sammlung Kommerzienrat Korff und anderer Besitz: Gemälde neuzeitlicher Meister; auction on October 2, 1928 (catalog no. 268), lot no. 2, with black-and-white illu. on plate 16.