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Gude painted scenes of the Christiania Fjord numerous times starting in 1870, and Sandviksfjorden can be seen as a representative piece of this group of works. Gude painted the piece in 1879 based on studies he had done in Snarøen during his visit there in the summer of 1873. Gude made detailed sketches of ships, and was even provided detailed models of ships by his brother, which he used to realistically render the ships in Sandviksfjorden down to the rigging and fishing tackle.
1879 Snarøen