The corvette Dagmar in the Strait of Messina off Mount Etna., Vilhelm Arnesen, December 1894
The experts at bassenge read the date as 1874, when arnesen was nine. Arnesen and the dagmar were both in the mediterranean in 1894, so that would indicate the date of the painting. Object Type: painting. Date: December 1894. Dimensions: height: 46.2 cm (18.1 in); width: 74 cm (29.1 in). Medium: oil on panel. Collection: Unknown. Vilhelm Arnesen - Korvetten Dagmar i Messinastrædet ud for Etna - 1894