Harry Kluge, The Niels Juel In Fog

Harry Kluge, The Niels Juel In FogThis early 20th century oil painting by Danish artist, Harry Kluge (1879 1963), depicts the Niels Juel amid fog. Kluge was an accomplished painter of marine scenes, architecture and landscapes. The Niels Juel was a training ship constructed at the Royal Danish Naval Shipyard in Copenhagen between 1914 and 1923, which also served as a royal yacht. It was an impressive vessel with an overall length of 90m and up to 369 crew. In 1923, she visited

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