Lot 185
  • 185

Jan Ekels the Elder

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Jan Ekels the Elder
  • A view of Amsterdam with young boys at play near the Haarlemmerpoort
  • oil on panel

Provenance

Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 16 June 1977, lot 25;
There acquired and thence by descent. 

Condition

The work is executed on panel. The panel is comprised of a single piece of wood which is on cradled beveled on all four sides and in flat stable condition. UVA light reveals a picture in very nice condition there are only a couple of very small scattered retouches in the sky namely in the lower right in middle quadrant of the composition. To the naked eye the varnish appears somewhat yellowed in the picture could perhaps benefit from a light clean but overall most of the original paint is in tact and the painting could be hung in its current state. In a carved gilt wood frame.
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