Andreas Achenbach (Kassel 1815 - 1910 Düsseldorf), ,Die Rückkehr des Lotsenbootes, 1880, oil on wood panel, signed lower left, on the reverse on an old exhibition label of the famous Galerie Eduard Schulte with artist's name, title and year as well as a label of the Lempertz auction house, two vertical crossbars on the reverse to stabilize the support, 49.5 x 61 cm, isolated old retouches, especially in the margins, in a wide panel frame with mezzotint overlay, overall size: 62 x 73.5 cm. Limit 3000,- >> Studied at the Düsseldorf academy of art, 1832-1836 pupil of J.W. Schirmer; 1836 after a short stay in Munich he moved to Frankfurt a.M.; 1838 return to Düsseldorf; numerous awards; was the most successful Düsseldorf landscape painter of the 2nd half of the 19th century, ref.: Lexikon der Düsseldorfer Malerschule.

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