Lot 125
  • 125

Attributed to Alessandro Grevenbroeck

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Alessandro Grevenbroeck
  • a mediterranean coastal capriccio landscape with a large palace overlooking a harbour;a mediterranean coastal capriccio with a fortified city and a bustling harbour
  • a pair, both oil on canvas

Condition

This pair of enormous canvases are overall in good condition for their size. Under a yellowed varnish, some scattered, discoloured retouchings are present, these have been sympathetically applied. A couple of tears have been well restored. Removal of the present varnish and application of a new one would greatly enhance the overall tonality. However, these large works have not lost their decorative impact and could hang now. Offered in modern turquoise frames.
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Catalogue Note

The present pair are the largest known works given to this enigmatic artist and the attribution is based on comparison with the set of four large canvases sold in these Rooms 5 July 1995 lots 175 and 176.  Another work with a very similar style of clouds and rigging is in the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna (see R. Trnek, Die Holländischen Gemälde des 17. Jahrhunderts, Cologne 1992, p. 152, no. 53; see pp. 151-6 for a further discussion of the artist).  In previous years there has been some confusion between the works attributed to Alessandro Grevenbroeck and to his brother Orazio.