Romantical seascape in sunset by famous German marine and genre painter Heinrich Friedrich Tank or Tanck (1808 Hamburg - 1872 Munich). He studied at the Academies in Copenhagen and since 1835 in Munich, where he settled and worked. In the Kunsthale Hamburg situated his work" Fisher on the beach" and " stormy sea".; in the City historical collection of Munich : " Shiffer".

Literature : (in German) Thieme/Becker "Dictionary of artists from antique to presents", Lepzig, 1999; (in French): "Dictionary of painters, sculptos and decorators" by E.Benezit, Gründ,1999; Comanducci I, 1982.

Inscription: signed lower left (for comparison see exemple of artist´s signature in on-line date bank: www.artprice.com.

Technique: oil on canvas. Original period gilt frame.

Measurements: unframed w 25 1/2" x h 39 3/4" (38,5 x 29 cm), framed w 33 1/2" x h 48 3/4" (52,5 x 43 cm)

Condition: professioanlly cleaned.