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Brave Fine Art has dated this Antique Oil Painting to the 1860s.
A brisk gale rushes across the scenery, clutching at every inch of foliage. Trees buckle under hurrying clouds as grasses lay near horizontal. A boy leans towards his mother - home is but a moment away.
Wind is challenging to portray accurately and the artist, although unknown, is evidently well-trained.
Signed illegibly in the lower right (perhaps H. Casp_ or similar) and held in a splendid 19th-century gilt frame with floral corner ornaments.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Overall size: 31” x 29½” / 79cm x 65cm
Year of creation: 1862
Provenance: Private collection, UK.
Condition: Cleaned. Faint stretcher marks. Craquelure throughout. The paint layer is stable. Two old patches on the reverse with professional corresponding touch-ins. Frame with various marks and showing its age.
Our reference: BRV2075
Brave Fine Art has dated this Antique Oil Painting to the 1860s.
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Mid-19th-century Belgian School, Windswept Landscape with Cottage, Figures & Copse - Antique Oil Painting
