69: Rough Sea beside a Jetty

Carl Frederik Sørensen
Besser, Samsø 1818 - 1879 Copenhagen

PD. 219-1994: Fitzwilliam Museum
Rights held by: The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, bought from Bartlett Fund

Sørensen trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, from 1843 to 1846, following which he was granted permission to sail around the Mediterranean on a Danish frigate. Thereafter, he went on almost annual sea voyages, including accompanying King Christian IX to Iceland in 1874. This firsthand experience allowed him to create exceptionally realistic and evocative seascapes, for which he gained widespread popularity.

Text written and researched by Amy Marquis Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge.

Oil on canvas
31.9 × 45.4 cm

Created: 1849

Section: Bodies of Water

This can be found in Gallery 11: The Arts of the 20th Century