Lot 260
  • 260

Jacobus Linthorst

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Jacobus Linthorst
  • A still life with a basket of fruit, nuts and flowers on a stone ledge, with a fly, butterflies, a dragon fly and a snail
  • signed and dated lower left: I Lynthorst 1812
  • oil on hardwood panel

Provenance

Sir. E. Trollope, according to a label on the reverse;
Mrs. Gifford, Chillington Hall, Wolverhampton according to a label on the reverse.

Condition

The support consists of two horizontal flat, stable panels bevelled at all four edges. The paint surface is secure under a yellowed varnish which impedes thorough inspection under UV lights although some old scattered retouchings do fluoresce, most notable along an area of frame abrasion on the right margin. Offered in a gilt wood and plaster frame in good condition.
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