16th Nov, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
British, European & Sporting Art
1021
Alfred de Bréanski Snr. (1852-1928)
"Cader Idris from Iwernan"
Signed, inscribed with title and artists's address ‘Arno Cotte, Greenwich’ to upper stretcher verso, oil on canvas, 75cm by 125.5cm
Sold for £1,400
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500
Lined. All keys present, very stiff lining, impasto pressed. Something metal stuck behind bottom stretcher causing a slight distortion at the face. Slipped slightly in the frame exposing the top edge. Finescale brittle age craquelure throughout, slightly elevated with areas of sharp lifting peaks and a few small unrestored flaked losses. A line of overpaint and dirt along the bottom edge. Scattered minor old unrestored flaked losses under varnish, and futher small scattered restored losses. Passages of abrasion/wear, notably in thinner passages of the water and the banks of the lake, suppressed in places by overpaint. A patch of fairly open drying cracks at left, suppressed by retouching. Several minor scuffs to the varnish. Ingrained old dirt and varnish. Fairly glossy upper varnish and a few matt patches associated with retouching. Light surface dirt and surface accretions.
Auction: British, European & Sporting Art, 16th Nov, 2024
The Autumn British, European and Sporting Art Sale will include a sun-drenched work by British Impressionist painter Dorothea Sharp, two works by Louis H Grimshaw consigned from a private collection, and notable genre pieces by the likes of Giovanni Battista Torriglia and Charles Spencelayh.
A good offering of figural works include a male figure attributed to York-born artist William Etty, and 17th and 18th century portraits, and amongst the Sporting art are examples of the work of Robert Nightingale and Wright Barker.
The sale will go on view to the public from Sunday 10th November, alongside The Selected Contents of Bell Hall, Naburn, York, which will also offer a broad range of traditional and contemporary paintings.
Please note the following lots have been withdrawn from sale: 1080, 1086, 1093, 1094
Viewing
Sunday 10 November to Friday 15 November 11am-4pm and morning of the sale from 8am
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