STUDIO OF CLAUDE-JOSEPH VERNET (FRENCH, 1714-1789)
Men and women fishing on a rocky shore before a harbour with boats at sunset
oil on canvas
68 x 95cm
Provenance
Henry Ayshford Sanford of Waltham House;
Triley Court;
Private collection, UK
The present work will be on view at Cromwell Place on 26th & 27th September
| Estimate: |
£8,000 - £12,000
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Hammer price:
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£14,000 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Footnote
The present composition bears comparison to Coucher de Soleil; see Florence Ingersoll-Smouse, Joseph Vernet, Peintre de Marine, Paris 1926, Volume II, p.33, cat. no. 1057, plate no. 261.
Condition Report
The canvas has an old relining. Areas of dirt to the paint surface and traces of a discoloured varnish; spots of staining in the upper right quarter. Minor surface abrasions in the sky, upper left, to the sail, centre and to the foreground, lower right. Ultraviolet light reveals no sign of retouching. Held in an ornate plaster gilt frame in fair condition.
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