Old Master and British Works on Paper

A Way of Life: The Collection of Barbara & Ernest Kafka

Peter De Wint

Meadow with trees and a house beyond

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1,200 - 1,800 GBP

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A Way of Life: The Collection of Barbara & Ernest Kafka

Peter De Wint

Stone, Staffordshire 1784 - 1849 London

Meadow with trees and a house beyond

Oil on paper, laid on panel

237 by 332 mm

With Agnew's, London;
where acquired by the late owners

De Wint is best known as a watercolour artist; however, he began his career as a painter in oil and continued to use the medium throughout his life. His plein air oil sketches have traditionally been dated to the 1810s.

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