Thursday 29 January 2015

Dutch seventeenth century, fishermen

Presumably a Dutch seventeenth century painting of fishermen and the harbour. For sale at Casa d'Aste Babuino in an auction with a rather nice assortment of pictures, but an online catalogue which could benefit of larger pictures. This one is estimated at 800 to 1,200 Euro only, which isn't a lot for a large (93 by 146 cm) oil like this. It has some elements of the work of Jan Harmensz. Vijnck, but is too precise for it. It may be that a more close-up picture would reveal the relative weakness of the work (it is amazing and a bit depressing how many pictures look good on a small view, but turn out to be very deficient when seen on a larger scale or more close-up; not just the state they are in, but the artistic quality of the work, which shows that the painter has looked at examples by known masters but just doesn't have the talent (and patience probably) to come even close in details, only in the general outline). But as it stands, it seems well worth a gamble, as it looks like a really nice, good quality Dutch painting which should be worth closer to 5,000 Euro. 

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