Lot 5
  • 5

Elias Pieter van Bommel

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Elias Pieter van Bommel
  • a view of the oude schans with the montelbaanstoren, amsterdam; a windmill in a winter landscape at dawn (a pair)
  • both signed and dated 1876 l.r.
  • both oil on canvas

  • each 50 by 76 cm. (2)

Condition

Winter scene: Original canvas. Some craquelure visible. There is a vertical retouched area of approximately 12 cm in the right willow tree. Some minor retouches near the lower left corner. Retouched area below the boats in the ice, near the lower edge. Some scattered retouches along the lower edge due to frame abrasion. Summer scene: Original canvas. Craquelure visible. Some scattered retouches in the water and a line of vertical retouches through the left side of the bridge. Some retouches in the quai on the left and a minor retouch to the female figure on the left. Retouches along the lower edge due to frame abrasion.
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