A Brig in the evening light off a Volcanic Island in the Mediterranean, ca. 1848, with a black line at the bottom (not shown here), signed with initials "A.M." within this black line, Oil on canvas, 23 x 35 cm, the possession of a Private Collection in Hamburg, Germany

Note: This picture was executed for an exhibition (most likely for the Salon in Paris) and has the signature (initials) in a black line at the bottom. It shows all the typical feature of a Anton Melbye painting prior to 1855 Authorship has been confirmed by an Anton Melbye expert in Copenhagen. Click on the image to see a larger color illustration. Photo Copyright is with the Fine Art Emporium. Please refer to the FineArtEmporium page for Anton Melbye.

Romantic Coastal Scene with two Sailors in the foreground and a Ship beyond 1843, some seagulls are flying over the rocks and the water, signed "A.Melbye" and dated, Oil on canvas, 50 x 68 cm, the possession of a Private Collection in Hamburg, Germany

Note: Typical for the early works by Anton Melbye is the very realistic style influenced by the Eckersberg School and the Golden Age painters in Denmark. Later his works were executed less detailled. Click on the image to see a larger color illustration. Photo Copyright is with the Fine Art Emporium. Please refer to our page for Anton Melbye.

Coastal Scene at Moonlight in the Mediterranean, probably Marseilles or Italy ca. 1840, with several figures in the boat and on the shore, signed "T. Gudin", Oil on canvas, 43 x 62 cm, slight losses of color at surface, the possession of a Private European Collection

Note: The figures in the boat represent the typical Romantic Movement style (shown from the back against the light) known especially from the works by Caspar David Friedrich. Click on the image to see a larger color illustration. Photo Copyright is with the Fine Art Emporium. Please refer to the FineArtEmporium page for Theodore Gudin.

A Norwegian Pilot Boat and a Danish Fregate off the Norwegian Coast 1843, signed "F.T. Kloss" and dated, Oil on canvas, 60 x 90 cm, very good condition, original frame, the possession of a Private Collection in Copenhagen, Denmark

Note: The figures in the boat show the typical Eckersberg style of the works by the artist before 1850. This painting was exhibited at Charlottenborg and once belonged to the King of Denmark. Click on the image to see a larger color illustration. Photo Copyright is with the Fine Art Emporium. Please refer to the FineArtEmporium page for Frederik Kloss.