Henry Robert Robertson, Ave Maria

Henry Robert Robertson, Ave MariaThis fine late 19th century etching by British artist Henry Robert Robertson (1839 1921) depicts a couple worshipping a shrine to the Virgin Mary at sea. The original painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1879. The couple sailed to this location, which appears to be coastal, maybe Italy. Hes standing with hat respectfully held to his chest, while the female bows her head in prayer. Is this a pilgrimage? Have they travelled across land and

has loosely daubed in the snow with its various highlights and deftly created the trees with some simple well-placed marks

During the 1940s

Carlo Hornung-Jensen studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts

Overall size: 14” x 18” / 35cm x 46cm

The painting is signed in the lower right and housed within a fine decorative frame that’s probably the original

Vekerum is a picturesque rural area in south Sweden

that he had a wooden hand

then the seated gentleman

Signed and held within a splendid gilt frame

A fine mid-19th-century portrait of Mary Anne Boyce nee Jacob by English painter

The painting dates to 1820 and was once owned by the lithographer

1900Provenance: GermanyCondition: Two small marks in the top left but otherwise very presentable