Lot 8
  • 8

Everhardus Koster Dutch, 1817-1892

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Everhardus Koster
  • viking ships on the river thames
  • signed l.l.
  • oil on canvas
  • 72 by 109 cm.

Condition

The canvas has been relined. A sauced in area of circa 15 x 30 cm in the upper left part of the sky. A horizontal retouch circa 5 x 10 cm above the mast to the far left, scattered thin retouches in the right part of the sky. Some minor strengthening in the ship to the left and two minor retouches in the outlines of the tent in the foreground. Minor retouches in the big boat to the right, in the rigging of the big boat and a tip below the boat in the background. Some minor strengthening of the outline of the church in the background.
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