Lot 467
  • 467

Attributed to Marmaduke Cradock

Estimate
14,000 - 18,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Marmaduke Cradock
  • Peacocks, chickens and otherĀ birds in a river landscapeĀ 
  • indistinctly inscribed lower right
  • oil on canvas

Provenance

With Cadogan Gallery Fine Paintings, London.

Condition

Oil on canvas, lined. The picture surface is clean but has been flattened by the lining. There is thinness to the sky at the upper left, where the pink ground is visible. A stable web of craquelure is visible. Under UV light, there are a few small scattered retouches visible over the green fluorescing varnish, mainly at the bird at lower left's eye and in the thin areas at upper left. Framed and ready to hang.
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