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C2136 | An Assortment of British Masters

Mon, Mar 15, 2021 02:30PM EDT
Lot 35

Sheep Shorn Fleece Landscape Oil Painting

Estimate: $14,250 - $19,000

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Year: 18th Century Size: 16" x 13" Medium: Oil Description: Fine 18th century Dutch School Old Master portrait of three figures drinking and smoking in a tavern interior, oil on panel attributed to Adriaen Brouwer. Original condition and detail little study of the three peasants around a corner table with a jug and pipe. Presented in a gilt and wood frame with plaque bearing incorrect spelling taken from provenance label verso. Measurements: 16" x 13" framedLiterature B. Taylor, Animal painting in England, Middlesex, 1955. p. 66, ill., pl. IV Exhibited Arts Council of Great Britain, James Ward 1769-1859, 1960, cat. no. 52 Ward exhibited a similar work, Sheep-shearing: Taking off their clothes at the Royal Academy in 1846, cat. no. 354. Provenance: The Collection of Peter Cochrane, before 1955