Egidus Linnig - Saving the Shipwrecked SailorsEgidus Linnig (Antwerp, August 25, 1821 - Sint-Willibr
Egidus Linnig - Saving the Shipwrecked SailorsEgidus Linnig (Antwerp, August 25, 1821 - Sint-Willibrords, October 13, 1860) was a Belgian painter, draughtsman and engraver who is best known for his marine art and occasional genre scenes. He was one of the first realist engravers in Belgium. Linnig died of pneumonia, which he had contracted after he missed his jump from a gig and had fallen into the water.[Palais Dorotheum, Vienna - Oil on canvas] -- source link