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Old Masters & 19th Century European Art
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- Sale 6335
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Apr 29 | 10:00 AM CDT
Live
| Chicago
Sale 6335
| Chicago
| Chicago
Estimate$25,000 – $35,000
We wish to thank the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie, also known as R.K.D., for their kind assistance in authenticating and cataloguing the present lot.
Provenance:
Sold: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Étude Eric Courturier & Étude de Provence, March 25, 2002, Lot 19
Richard Green Gallery, London
Acquired directly from the above
Private Collection, Florida
Lot note:
Leickert was well-established by the time Skaters on a Frozen River, 1872, was painted and at the height of his powers as a premier landscapist who specialized in winter scenes and excelled in capturing the effects of light. A leading member of the Dutch Romantic School, the artist spent most of his career in Holland, and was likely in Amsterdam when the present work was painted. He enjoyed great success during his lifetime, with patrons enjoying his highly naturalistic scenes of skaters on frozen rivers, a subject he mastered and which reveals the strong influence of his teacher of an earlier generation, Andreas Schelfhout.
Framed: 31 1/2 x 45 1/2 x 3 inches.
Minor deposits of surface dirt and dust; canvas is lined; hairline craquelures throughout the surface, mostly visible only under strong light. Under UV light: strokes and small spots of inpainting scattered throughout the surface, mostly concentrated within the sky and and ground. Additional images available upon request.
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Madalina Lazen
VP Head of Department, Old Masters & 19th Century European Art
