Lot 14
  • 14

Follower of Hendrick van Anthonissen

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Hendrick van Anthonissen
  • A seascape with small Dutch vessels in a stiff breeze
  • oil on panel

Provenance

Adolf Wollenberg, Berlin;
His sale, Berlin, Lepke, 17 March 1932, lot 189, as "Jacob van Ruysdael" [sic];
Anonymous sale, Hamburg, Galerie Commeter, 30 October 1935, as "Jacob van Ruisdael";
Anonymous sale, ("The Property of a Lady"), London, Christie's, 21 July 1989, lot 126, for £11,500, as "Attributed to Hendrick Anthonissen".

Exhibited

Berlin, Kaiser Friedrich Museum, 1925, no. 337, as Jacob van Ruisdael.

Condition

The single panle is flat and stable. The paint surface is secure and clean. The obvious areas of infilled paint loss are immediately visible to the naked eye. When inspected under UV light some further strengthenings flouresce. Offered in a carved and gilt wood frame with several knocks.
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