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Lot 143
  • 143

Aert van der Neer

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Aert van der Neer
  • A river landscape at sunset, with figures ferrying across a river, a village beyond
  • signed with monogram lower right: AV (in compendium) DN (in compendium)
  • oil on oak panel, in a carved and gilt wood frame

Provenance

With Leonard Koetser, London, by 1968;
From whom acquired by the present owner.

Exhibited

London, Leonard Koetser, Autumn 1968, cat. no. 6.

Literature

London, Leonard Koetser, Autumn 1968, cat. no. 6, reproduced.
W. Schulz, Aert van der Neer, Doornspijk 2002, p. 277, cat. no. 608.

Condition

The stable support consists of two horizontal panel bevelled on all bar the lower edge. The paint surface is secure and appears to be in good condition, although a little rubbed, under a dirty varnish. Inspection under UV light reveals an area of retouching centre left to the group of house and lower right in the foreground as well as scattered more minor work elsewhere. Offered in a gilt wood and plaster frame in good condition.
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