Lot 128: ATTRIBUTED TO JERONYMUS VAN DIEST | Coastal landscape a Dutch kaag tied up to a quay, a man of war weighing anchor beyond

oil on panel

87.6 by 120 cm.; 34 1/2  by 47 1/4  in.

oil on panel

The panel is flat and stable and supported by latticework cradling. The paint surface is rather dirty with an uneven, discoloured varnish and is in overall fair condition. The bank on the right, figures on the shore and in the boat on the left, and the ships themselves remain largely untouched. There is flaking to the paint surface which has resulted in a number of small losses, notably across the central section of the sky and in the sea in the foreground. There is some discoloured restoration to small losses in the sail of the moored boat, and some strengthening in the sails and sky around the ships, left. Ultraviolet light reveals these retouchings, as well as retouching to a surface crack running horizontally from the lower left margin, measuring approx. 10cm. The clouds have also been strengthened in several areas.
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In the family of the present owner since the 1950s.