Lot 486
  • 486

Johann Christian Vollerdt

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Johann Christian Vollerdt
  • River landscape with travellers resting on a path, a fortified bridge and village beyond
  • signed and dated lower left: Vollerdt.p.1760
  • oil on canvas
  • 59cm by 78cm

Condition

The painting is in good overall condition - it has been relined, and recently cleaned and varnished. There are two small areas of paint loss in the lower right corner, visible in the catalogue illustration. Inspection under ultraviolet light reveals sensitive scattered retouchings to the sky and the mountains, right. The lower half of the canvas is almost entirely free of intervention. Offered in a gilt moulded frame in very good condition.
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