Lot 210
  • 210

Attributed to Jan van Os

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Jan van Os
  • A coastal shipping scene with cattle and sheep in the foreground and a man on horseback outside an inn
  • bears initials lower centre: L.B.
  • oil on panel

Provenance

Earl Howe, Gopsall Park, Leicestershire, by 1923;
Thence by descent to the present owner.

Literature

C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue RaisonnĂ© of the works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century, London 1923, vol VII, section XXV1, no. 158.

Condition

The support is made up of a single, flat, bevelled panel. The paint surface is clean and secure and under a glossy varnish. To the naked eye it appears in good condition. Inspection under UV light reveals very minor scattered retouchings in the sky and some old frame abrasion. Offered in a wood and plaster gilt frame. Ready to hang.
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