Lot 37
  • 37

Hendrik Reekers

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Hendrik Reekers
  • Still life with game and fruit
  • signed and dated H Reekers. 1853. lower left
  • oil on panel
  • 75.5 by 59cm., 29¾ by 23½in.

Provenance

Douwes Fine Art, Amsterdam (by 1979)
Private collection, Netherlands (purchased from the above)
Douwes Fine Art, Amsterdam (by 1991)
Purchased by the present owner in Amsterdam in 1993

Exhibited

Leeuwarden, Fries Museum, Van Jan Steen tot Jan Sluijters, De smaak van Douwes, 1999

Condition

The panel is flat and even. There is a vertical split running across the panel, circa 10cm from the left edge, with some associated lines of retouching as visible under-ultra violet light. Minor spots of cosmetic retouching are also visible in the far upper right corner. The picture is otherwise in good overall condition and ready to hang. Presented in a decorative gilt frame.
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