A barquentine on a windy day with a starboard wind. In the background a lightship., Benjamin Olsen, between 1891 and 1935
The experts at bruun rasmussen identified the sailing ship as a three-masted topsail schooner. That would have required a gaff sail on the foremast, and it is nowhere to be seen. In their english translation they went with the safer title three master in rough seas. Object Type: painting. Date: between 1891 and 1935. Dimensions: height: 65 cm (25.5 in); width: 100 cm (39.3 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Unknown. Christian Benjamin Olsen - En barkentine i friskt vejr for styrbord halse, i baggrunden fyrskib