Lot 136
  • 136

Jan Siberechts

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Jan Siberechts
  • a bosky river landscape with a drover on a donkey along a path, cattle watering to the left
  • signed and dated lower right: J. Siberechts. / 1684

  • oil on canvas

Provenance

Anonymous sale, London, Christie's South Kensington, 11 July 2008, lot 118.

Condition

The canvas has been relined quite recently. The paint surface appears clean and in fair condition. Under UV light scattered retouchings can be made out in the sky as well as some strengthenings in the brown tones. Offered in a wooden frame which has suffered from some slight knocks.
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