Lot 144
  • 144

John Frederick Herring Sr.

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • John Frederick Herring Sr.
  • Shire Horses, Pigs and Other Livestock by a Stable with a Cottage and Church Beyond
  • signed JF Herring (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 29 7/8 by 48 1/8 in.
  • 75.9 by 122.2 cm

Provenance

Private Collection (and sold, Sotheby's, London, May 7, 2008, lot 14, illustrated)

Condition

Lined. A stable web of craquelure is visible in the sky and clouds. Chips of loss are visible at the extreme lower left edge. Under UV: thin strokes of inpainting in isolated areas in the sky to address craquelure and a few scattered dashes of inpainting to the sky at upper center.
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