Andreas Achenbach

Return to Harbour in Rough Sea, 1893

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

(...); Kunsthandel, Niederlande (bis 2002), MKdW (2002).
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.

Andreas Achenbach (1815 - 1910)

Return to Harbour in Rough Sea

1893

Oil on wood

49 x 61.5 cm

Human

Inv.-Nr. 2 ACH 01

Museum Kunst der Westküste

Access 2002

Not on display