Lot 490: Ships off the Cliffs of Dover

Hünten Franz, Hamburg 1822 - Hamburg 1887, Ships off the Cliffs of Dover, Oil/canvas, 29 x 46 cm, lo. le. sign. Franz Hünten 1880. - German marine painter who studied at the Düsseldorf academy under Mevius a. J. W. Schirmer. Thereafter he travelled Europe a. the Orient. He exhibited since 1851. - Mus.: Hamburg (Kunsthalle), Kiel, Düsseldorf. - Lit.: Boetticher, Thieme-Becker, Rump, Der Neue Rump a. others.