The approaching ships and boats are rocking alarmingly on the foaming swell, drifting relentlessly towards the harbour walls. There is also a commotion on the stone-walled jetty with a Dutch flag fluttering in the wind. Not everyone is directly involved and lends a hand in the ongoing rescue measures. Some just stand there wide-legged, hands on their hips like the figure at the centre of the jetty wearing a long garment in eye-catching yellow. The pose seems to suggest: this too shall pass. Inde...
Signatur: A. Achenbach // 93., unten rechts, handschriftlich
Nicola Carola Heuwinkel: Andreas Achenbach 1815–1910, in: Kunst und Küste. Ausgewählte Werke der Sammlung Kunst der Westküste, hrsg. von Thorsten Sadowsky, Alkersum/Föhr 2013, S. 26, Abb. S. 27.