The fisher and lifeboatman Ole Svendsen., Michael Peter Ancher, between 1882 and 1927

Ole svendsen (1830-1906) had served in the royal danish navy in the first schleswig war. In 1862 he was hired as a lifeboatman in skagen, where he also did his fishing. He had a prominent place in several of ancher's paintings of fishermen and lifeboatmen from skagen. Object Type: painting. Date: between 1882 and 1927. Dimensions: height: 33 cm (12.9 in); width: 29 cm (11.4 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Unknown. Michael Ancher - Fisker og redningsmand Ole Svendsen