The Niels Juel saluting the Finnish State vessel Eläköön., Benjamin Olsen, 1928

The experts at bruun rasmussen assumed that the occasion was the visit of the danish king christian x to finland in may 1928. The eläköön was built in 1886 while finland was still a part of the russian empire. It served as a pilot ship, and after 1918 it was retained in finland as a state ship, serving also as a presidential yacht when needed. Object Type: painting. Date: 1928. Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Unknown. Christian Benjamin Olsen - Niels Juel saluterer for det finske skib Eläköön - 1928