Early 20th-Century Dutch School, Canal View With Cottage & Bridge

Early 20th-Century Dutch School, Canal View With Cottage & BridgeThis vivid 20th century Dutch School oil painting depicts a canalside view in the low countries. Moored alongside two rustic dwellings, a brightly coloured river barge rests. Beyond it, the spire of a distant church. With impressionistic daubs, each element of this eclectic canal is rendered with spirit. Perhaps the artist is sitting upon their own barge, painting quickly to capture the fleeting effects of the Summer sun. Signed illegibly in the lower

A fine early 20th-century portrait of an attractive young lady wearing a beautifully embroidered dress along with a matching sheer top and a pearl necklace

During the mid to late 18th century

While an older lady

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Medium: Wood engravings on paperOverall size: 12½” x 15½” / 32cm x 40cmYear of creation: c

It’s tricky to tell boys and girls apart in portraits from this period as they often dressed the same

Note the distant church

1930Provenance: DenmarkCondition: Minor losses along the periphery

Originally created in 1812 by Franz Klein

669 achieved for an oil painting in 2012

This fascinating portrait is so full of intrigue and certainly warrants further research