{"id":3905,"date":"2025-03-12T15:06:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T19:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/museum\/?p=3905"},"modified":"2025-03-12T15:06:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T19:06:39","slug":"antonio-nicolo-gasparo-jacobsen-ss-commonwealth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/museum\/antonio-nicolo-gasparo-jacobsen-ss-commonwealth\/","title":{"rendered":"Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen SS &#8220;Commonwealth&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column3905_81c709-67{max-width:100%;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;}.wp-block-kadence-column.kb-section-dir-horizontal:not(.kb-section-md-dir-vertical)>.kt-inside-inner-col>.kadence-column3905_81c709-67{-webkit-flex:0 1 100%;flex:0 1 100%;max-width:unset;margin-left:unset;margin-right:unset;}.kadence-column3905_81c709-67 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column3905_81c709-67 > 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\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (1850\u20131921)<\/strong><br><em>SS \u201cCommonwealth,\u201d<\/em>\u00a01902<br><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oil on canvas McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Gift of Jacqueline McMullen, 2006.4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/03\/jacobsen-ss-comm.jpg\" alt=\"SS &quot;Commonwealth&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-3906\" style=\"width:1202px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/03\/jacobsen-ss-comm.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/03\/jacobsen-ss-comm-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/03\/jacobsen-ss-comm-1024x620.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/03\/jacobsen-ss-comm-768x465.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background-color:#f1f1f1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong><strong>Nancy Netzer<\/strong><\/strong><br>Inaugural Robert L. and Judith T. Winston Director, McMullen Museum and Professor, Art History<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/03\/netzer-1.jpg\" alt=\"Nancy Netzer\" class=\"wp-image-3907\" style=\"width:78px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/03\/netzer-1.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/03\/netzer-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in Denmark, Antonio Jacobsen settled in 1873 in Union City, New Jersey, across the Hudson River from Manhattan. Soon after his arrival, he started sketching ships in nearby New York Harbor. Impressed by his precise renderings, owners and captains began commissioning him to paint \u201cportraits\u201d of their ships docked in the harbor. As his reputation grew, Jacobsen completed more than six thousand paintings that document the increasing size and gradual transition of merchant sailing ships into steamers. John McMullen (1918\u20132005), benefactor with his wife Jacqueline of this Museum, was a naval engineer and the owner of Norton Lilly, a leading ship agency company and operator of merchant navy ships. He assembled one of the largest private collections of Jacobsen\u2019s paintings, to this work and the nearby&nbsp;<em>SS \u201cGlenogle\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;belonged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/OceanLinerArchitect\/comments\/q3ej05\/many_photos_of_the_ss_commonwealth_ss_canopic\/\">SS&nbsp;<em>Commonwealth<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;was built for the Dominion Line in 1900 by Harland and Wolff in Belfast to carry passengers, including many immigrants in steerage, between Liverpool and Boston in seven days. The passenger liner for 1,300 boasted luxurious first-class accommodations. Jacobsen paints the steamer flying the American flag, the British Red Ensign, and the Dominion Line pennant.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-3905_6b080f-52 .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-3905_6b080f-52 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#f1f1f1;width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-3905_6b080f-52 .kt-divider{width:100%!important;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-3905_6b080f-52\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"383\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/01\/mcmullen-logo-gold-1024x383.png\" alt=\"Logo Gold\" class=\"wp-image-2910\" style=\"width:569px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/01\/mcmullen-logo-gold-1024x383.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/01\/mcmullen-logo-gold-300x112.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/01\/mcmullen-logo-gold-768x287.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/01\/mcmullen-logo-gold.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (1850\u20131921)SS \u201cCommonwealth,\u201d\u00a01902 Oil on canvas McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Gift of Jacqueline McMullen, 2006.4 Nancy NetzerInaugural Robert L. and Judith T. Winston Director, McMullen Museum and Professor, Art History Born in Denmark, Antonio Jacobsen settled in 1873 in Union City, New Jersey, across the Hudson River from Manhattan. 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