Frigate off Gibraltar
Vilhelm Melbye (Roskilde 1824 - Kopenhagen 1882), attr.
Lot-No. 132
Proceeds : 1.900 €
Oil/canvas, 63 x 92 cm, on the reverse indistinctly inscribed possibly 'Fregatte V. Melbye'. - Danish marine painter, pupil of his elder brother Anton Melbye. He studied also at the Copenhagen academy 1844-47 under C. Dahl. 1848/49 he continued his studies at the Düsseldorf academy a. also worked in the studio of Th. Gudin in Paris. M. lived in London for many years; in 1880 he became professor in Copenhagen.
Vilhelm Melbye: Frigate off Gibraltar
Vilhelm Melbye (Roskilde 1824 - Kopenhagen 1882), attr.
Frigate off Gibraltar
Lot-No. 132
Proceeds : 1.900 €
Oil/canvas, 63 x 92 cm, on the reverse indistinctly inscribed possibly 'Fregatte V. Melbye'. - Danish marine painter, pupil of his elder brother Anton Melbye. He studied also at the Copenhagen academy 1844-47 under C. Dahl. 1848/49 he continued his studies at the Düsseldorf academy a. also worked in the studio of Th. Gudin in Paris. M. lived in London for many years; in 1880 he became professor in Copenhagen.