Sailing Vessels at Wilders Plads, Copenhagen

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg

1830 · Pen and black ink with brush and brown and gray wash · Drawings and Prints

On August 17, 1830, Eckersberg noted in his diary that he had finished a painting of a ship unloading its cargo and drying its sails. This drawing, showing men loading barrels, served as a point of departure for the painting in question. Wilders Plads, or square, is located in Christianshavn, across the harbor from where Eckersberg lived. At right in the composition are warehouses where the cargo must have been offloaded.

Artist

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg

Date

1830

Medium

Pen and black ink with brush and brown and gray wash

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Purchase, Guy Wildenstein Gift, 2003