Lot 135
  • 135

JOHANNES HUIBERT PRINS | A city square by a Church, with a man unloading a cart by the ‘Haasie’ Inn

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Johannes Huibert Prins
  • A city square by a Church, with a man unloading a cart by the ‘Haasie’ Inn
  • Watercolor over pencil;signed in pencil, verso: J.H. Prins f.
  • 283 by 373 mm; 11 1/8  by 14 3/4  in

Provenance

Sale, London, Christie's, 7 December 1993, lot 121,
where acquired by the present owners

Condition

Hinge mounted in two places along the upper edge to a modern mount. There are some very minor scattered areas of foxing to the sky. Otherwise this work remains in very good overall condition, with the watercolor medium remarkably fresh and vibrant throughout. Sold unframed.
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