15th Nov, 2025 9:30 GMT/BST

British, European & Sporting Art

 
Lot 1051
 


Lot 1051 - Attributed to Hendrik Frans de Cort...
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1051

Attributed to Hendrik Frans de Cort (1742-1810) Dutch
Extensive landscape with rustic figures and a view of a country house
Oil on panel, 83cm by 109.5cm

Sold for £1,800
Estimated at £700 - £1,000


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Panel relatively flat, with just a slight concave curvature across the middle. Held in frame with pins cross-grain. Appears to be a single very wide board with no splits evident. Minor mould growth at reverse of the panel at the bottom, one old loss of panel top right corner from the reverse, and one indented loss middle of the top edge - both losses of panel can be seen from the face inside the sight of the frame.

There is a thin, streaky grey imprimatura (priming layer) and extensive underdrawing. These are evident as the paint has become more translucent over time and the paint layers have been abraded.

Brittle age craquelure throughout, all stable and not elevated. Minor scattered restored losses. A campaign of retouching (mostly to sky), to losses, abrasion, cracks, grain, etc, with more extensive brushy overpaint in the clouds and a thick band of overpaint along the top edge. Minor rubs and damages around frame rebate - unrestored. Retouched scratch running from just right of the main house to the tree trunk on the right.

There has been some abrasion to the already thin paint layers, and some of the detail of the upper layers lost, and passages where the pale ground is visible (see images).

Remnants of an older varnish in the lower half of the picture, and an upper slightly yellowed varnish which is matt in passages associated with retouching. Surface dirt and accretions and a yellow mark in the sky mid left. Possibly some older restoration under the upper varnish.

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Auction: British, European & Sporting Art, 15th Nov, 2025

 

An early work by Alfred Munnings depicting Romani life at Norwich’s historic Tombland Fair is set to lead the sale. Sir Alfred Munnings (1878-1959) grew up in the deeply rural Waveney Valley in Suffolk, and his childhood was spent sketching the working horses around the family mill. Going on to set up his own studio, the opening decade of the 20th century saw him established himself as an artist painting in rural East Anglia, documenting the countryside and country life, sketching travellers, working horses and the local society in his characteristic impressionistic manner, filled with colour and light. It was only after the First World War that he went on to concentrate on painting horses, becoming the most celebrated equestrian artist of the 20th century.

A good range of traditional Sporting art of offer in the sale includes a rare depiction of a 19th century boxing match - one of the most fascinating works in the sale. It illustrates the match which took place between Carter and Oliver at Gretna Green on 4th October 1816 on the estate of Sir James Maxwell. The stakes were a hefty 100 guineas each, and the contest took place in a 24-foot roped ring in front of approximately 30,000 spectators, leaving the streets around Carlisle empty. Going into the match, Oliver was the favourite to win, but despite rumours of Carter’s lack of prowess, he dominated the fight and came out the victor.  Carter was seconded by Painter and Harmer, and Oliver by Cribb and Copper, whose names are painted on the bottom of the frame.

There is also a strong selection of ornithological works by the likes of Archibald Thorburn and John Cyril Harrison.

Further highlights of the sale include The Incredulity of St Thomas by a Follower of Philippe de Champaigne, and a charming depiction of two children inspecting a bird’s nest by Dorothea Sharp.

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