Charles Brooking 1723-1759

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

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Description

Charles Brooking
Two views of Blankenburg Castle off the coast of Flanders
both oil on canvas

Provenance

Possibly J.H. Anderdon;
Isabella Frances Weston, by whose executors sold, Christie's, 21st October 1949, lot 18, bt. Agnew for £304-10-0

Exhibited

Possibly, British Institution, 1865, no.170;
Possibly, Burlington House, 1872, no.203

Catalogue Note

The first composition is based on a painting by Jan van Goyen, which Brooking must have known from the engraving by T. Major, which is now in the Bibliotheque Royale de Belgique.

We are grateful to Commander David Joel for confirming the attribution to Brooking.