Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2598BLocation: BostonDate / Time: May 18, 2012 12:00PM
Description:
Dutch School, 19th Century
Twilight Winter Landscape with Skaters
Signed "P Op de Brouwer" l.l.
Oil on canvas, 14 x 18 3/4 in. (35.4 x 47.5 cm),framed.
Condition: Canvas trimmed and lined, retouch, scattered abrasions, craquelure.
Provenance: A Massachusetts estate.
Estimate $1,200-1,800
Broad areas of retouch across entire sky. Also a 2 x 2 inch area l.c. and an L-shaped area to center measuring 1-1/2 x 1-1/2 inches overall. Further retouch to l.r. and u.r. corners. Abrasion with paint loss center left consisting of 2 dents covering 1 inch overall, with paint loss measuring 3/8 inch in one dent, the second dent without paint loss.