Bidspirit auction | Peder Christian Pedersen (1870–1950

Peder Christian Pedersen (1870–1950 - Peder Christian Pedersen (1870–1950), Danish marine painter, Portrait of the captain of the five-masted barque “Kobenhavn” off Helsingør with Kronborg Castle in the background, ca. 1921 (in that year, the ship was built as a training vessel and used for cargo transport by the Danish East Asia Company; missing at sea since 1928 during a voyage from Buenos Aires to Melbourne. It is considered the world’s last five-masted barque), oil on canvas, signed lower right, 45 x 65 cm, framed 67 x 87 cm