Who painted “The Russian Ship of the Line ‘Asow’ and a Frigate at Anchor in the Roads of Elsinore”?

“The Russian Ship of the Line ‘Asow’ and a Frigate at Anchor in the Roads of Elsinore” was painted by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg in 1828. Where to see it: Statens Museum for Kunst.

Neoclassicism

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Neoclassicism: Rococo before it is playful and pastel; Romanticism, its contemporary rival, prefers loose brushwork, rich colour and strong emotion.

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (2 January 1783 – 22 July 1853) was a Danish painter. He was born in Blåkrog in the Duchy of Schleswig (now in Aabenraa Municipality, in the southern part of Jutland in Denmark). Wikipedia

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“A nude woman doing her hair before a mirror”, 1841
“Bella and Hanna. The Eldest Daughters of M. L. Nathanson”, 1820
“A View through Three of the North-Western Arches of the Third Storey of the Coliseum”, 1815
“At a Window in the Artist's Studio”, 1852
“Portrait of Bertel Thorvaldsen”, 1814
“Portrait of the model Maddalena or Anna Maria Uhden”, 1815
“The Death of Balder”, 1817
“The Marble Steps Leading to the Church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli in Rome”, 1814