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Property of a Private Swiss Collection
THE PSEUDO-SIMONS | Winter landscape and skaters with figures on a path in a wood, a town (probably Antwerp) beyond
Auction Closed
December 5, 12:50 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property of a Private Swiss Collection
THE PSEUDO-SIMONS
active in Antwerp during the late 17th century
Winter landscape and skaters with figures on a path in a wood, a town (probably Antwerp) beyond
oil on canvas
124.4 x 101.4 cm.; 49 x 40 in.
Anonymous sale ('The Property of a Gentleman'), London, Sotheby's, 4 April 1984, lot 254 (as attributed to Jan Pauwel Gillemans), where acquired by the father of the present owner.
A very similar painting by the artist, with an additional parakeet on the edge of the stone plinth and with the chaffinch in flight, sold at Sotheby's, London, 11 July 2002, lot 137 (oil on canvas, 127 x 99 cm.).