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Jan Weenix
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Jan Weenix
- A boy and a dog with a still life of game, in a park landscape
- signed and dated lower left: J. Weenix f. 1719
- oil on canvas
Provenance
Louis Nathaniel de Rothschild (1882–1955), Vienna, inv. no. 33;
Confiscated from the above for the Kunstmuseum, Linz, and stored in Depot Kremsmünster, 1938;
Restituted to Louis Nathaniel de Rothschild, United States, August 1947;
With Saam Nijstad, The Hague, 1960, from whom acquired by the uncle of the present owner.
Confiscated from the above for the Kunstmuseum, Linz, and stored in Depot Kremsmünster, 1938;
Restituted to Louis Nathaniel de Rothschild, United States, August 1947;
With Saam Nijstad, The Hague, 1960, from whom acquired by the uncle of the present owner.
Literature
S. Lillie, Was einmal war. Handbuch der enteigneten Kunstsammlungen Wiens, Vienna 2003, p. 1116, no. 33;
F. Kunth, Die Rothschild’schen Gemäldesammlungen in Wien, Vienna 2006, pp. 226-27, reproduced p. 133.
F. Kunth, Die Rothschild’schen Gemäldesammlungen in Wien, Vienna 2006, pp. 226-27, reproduced p. 133.
Condition
The following condition report is provided by Hamish Dewar who is an external specialist and not an employee of Sotheby's:
The canvas has been lined and is securely attached to a keyed wooden stretcher. There is an overall pattern of fine lines of craquelure, some of which are slightly raised. The paint surface is secure. The varnish layers are slightly glossy and uneven.
Inspection under ultra-violet light shows opaque and discoloured varnish layers and areas of retouching predominantly of strengthening around the birds, hare, the sitter's clothing and foreground. There are other scattered retouchings.
Overall the painting is in reasonably good condition. The work is framed.
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"This lot is offered for sale subject to Sotheby's Conditions of Business, which are available on request and printed in Sotheby's sale catalogues. The independent reports contained in this document are provided for prospective bidders' information only and without warranty by Sotheby's or the Seller."