Jan Philip Spalthof

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 GBP

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Description

Jan Philip Spalthof
An extensive Wooded River Landscape with figures resting in the foreground, travellers approaching a walled city beyond
signed and dated lower left: I.P. spalthoff. 1720 (?)
oil on canvas

Catalogue Note

Jan Philip Spalthof was active in Antwerp between 1720-22 and is known to have travelled in Italy. Little else is known about this elusive artist and works which are signed and dated by him are rare; the present work thus forms a new and exciting addition to his oeuvre.