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Antique Signed Dutch River Landscape Oil Painting, Circa 1890

Antique Signed Dutch River Landscape Oil Painting, Circa 1890

Regular price $585.00 USD
Regular price Sale price $585.00 USD
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A moored sailing barge sits on still water, a windmill and a church spire low on the far horizon, thatched cottages with a red-tiled roof gathered along the right bank. The painting works the classic Dutch waterway idiom of the Hague School: muted grey-green tonality, a low horizon, and flat water holding the reflected sky. It is oil on a wood panel, small in scale, and carries a monogram in the lower right that I have not been able to resolve with confidence. The ornate gilt frame is substantial and reads as period to the work.

Details
Artist
Unidentified. Bearing a monogram signature reading as "P.C." in the lower right, uncertain
Signature
Monogram, lower right, stylized and not confidently legible
Medium
Oil on panel
Subject
Dutch river landscape with a sailing barge, windmill, and thatched cottages
Origin
Continental European, likely Dutch
Age
Antique, circa 1880 to 1900
Panel Size
13 in. W x 9 in. H
Frame Size
22 in. W x 18 in. H
Format
Horizontal, framed
Frame
Ornate gilt composition on wood, period to the work or close, with losses described below
School or Movement
Hague School. A group of Dutch painters working mainly in and around The Hague from roughly 1860 to 1900, who painted the low countryside, its waterways, and its working boats in a subdued, atmospheric palette of greys and greens. They favoured mood and weather over bright detail, and their river and polder scenes were popular enough that many competent painters worked the same idiom for the decorative market. This panel sits squarely in that tradition.
Support
Solid wood panel
Condition

The painting is oil on a solid wood panel and presents as a small cabinet picture with visible age. The surface shows scattered craquelure and light surface dirt consistent with age. The paint is stable across the sky, water, and bank passages as far as can be determined from the surface.

The frame is ornate gilt composition over a wood base. It carries notable losses along the bottom rail and lower right corner, where the gesso and white substrate show through the gilding. There is additional rubbing and minor loss to the raised ornament at the outer edges. The gilt surface elsewhere is worn but intact and decorative. The reverse shows an older panel and backing with recently added hanging hardware, D-rings, wire, and felt bumpers.

No labels, stamps, or inscriptions are present on the reverse. Please review all photographs closely, as they form part of this description.

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