Recently, an adjuster asked an Enservio contents specialist to inspect and value a painting that had been exposed to steam when a hot water pipe burst. The adjuster stated the insured was claiming the painting was a total loss and though she agreed, she needed assistance with the valuation.
When the specialist inspected the painting, it was determined to be an oil on canvas by Antonio Jacobsen, a Dutch-born American maritime artist who had a prolific career painting 6,000 ship portraits from around 1872 to 1920. Jacobsen is better known as the “Audubon of Steam Vessels.”
The painting in question was framed in a spectacular gilded gesso period frame. The technical work by the artist to render the ocean, waves and sky was excellent. The subject ship, a sailing vessel, was more aesthetically pleasing than the ship in a different painting by the same artist, which had recently sold in the $25,000 range.
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