Lot 57
  • 57

Cornelis Christiaan Dommelshuizen

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Cornelis Christiaan Dommelshuizen
  • The Town Hall in Veere
  • signed and dated Chr. Dommelshuizen / 83 lower left; signed, dated and authenticated Hotel de Ville de Vere / l'ile de Walcheren / Zélande / peint par moi / Chr. Dommelshuizen / 1886 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 66 by 56.5cm., 26 by 22¼in.

Provenance

Acquired by the family of the present owner by the 1960s

Literature

Pieter Scheen, Lexicon Nederlandse Beeldende Kunstenaars 1750-1880, The Hague, 1981, no. 112, illustrated

Condition

The canvas has not been lined. There are scattered faint fine lines of craquelure consistent with an unlined painting of this age, and a faint horizontal stretcher bar in the centre. Under ultraviolet light the only visible notably retouching is strengthening to a cloud in the upper-right quadrant. This painting is in good, virtually original condition, and ready to hang. Presented in an elaborate gilt frame with a nameplate.
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