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Lot 344
  • 344

Jan Wijnants

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Jan Wijnants
  • An Italianate river valley landscape
  • signed and indistinctly dated lower right: J Wijnants F Ano 16...5
  • oil on canvas

Provenance

The Marquise d’Aoust, Paris;
His sale, Paris, Lair-Dubrueil, 5 June 1924, lot 106;
Private collection, Europe.

Literature

C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné..., vol. VIII, London 1927, p. 569, no. 639;
K. Eisele, Jan Wijnants, Stuttgart 2000, p. 224, cat. no. U63 (whereabouts unknown).

Condition

This signed and dated canvas has an old but effective relining. The paint surface appears to the naked eye to be in good condition. Inspection under UV light reveals scattered localised retouchings, for example in the craquelure in the sky. Offered in a later carved and gilt wood frame in good condition.
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