17. KNOTENFAHRT, print after Johannes Holst.

Art print, printed signature Johs. Holst 1925 lower right, presumably Johannes Holst (* 1880 Hamburg-Altenwerder, † 1965 ibid.) was a Hamburg marine and landscape painter, student of the ship portraitist H. P. Lüdders and trained by the example of A. Melbye, contract with the art dealership Commeter in 1903 brought him his breakthrough, shipping companies and sailing clubs soon placed orders with him, his works combine the naturalism of the waves and dramatic staging with extraordinary attention to detail in the depiction of the ships (source: Auktionshaus Stahl), here in landscape format is one such depiction of a five-masted full-rigged ship sailing on the high seas, impressive seascape, approx. 65 x 43 cm, in a relief gold frame approx. 77.5 x 55 cm.