Lighthouse at Stora Balt #1
by Eric Glaser
Title
Lighthouse at Stora Balt #1
Artist
Eric Glaser
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
"Lighthouse at Stora Bält"
Artist: Anton Melbye (Danish, 1818-1875)
Daniel Herman Anton Melbye was a Danish painter and photographer who specialized in maritime scenes. He was the brother of painters Vilhelm and Fritz Melbye.
Title:
Dansk: Fyrtårn for Storebælt
Svenska: Fyr i Stora Bält
English: Lighthouse at Stora Bält
Object Type: Painting
Description: This is not a lighthouse in "Stora Bält". This is the Eddystone lighthouse. Melbye made another version in 1846 - of similar size - which was sold to Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen in 1866.
Date: 1846
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: Height: 112 cm (44 in); Width: 157 cm (61.8 in)
Inscriptions: Signature and date bottom right: Anton Melbye 1846
Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Additional image editing by Eric Glaser
Uploaded
May 9th, 2020
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