(or Maes, Dutch, 1656-1717)The Horse Trade Outside a Town, circa late 17th/early 18th century, oil on canvas, 27-1/2 x 37-1/4 in.; gilt wood and composition frame, 30-1/8 x 40 in.Note: Brunk Auctions would like to thank Ellis Dullaart, MA, Curator of Dutch and Flemish Old Master Paintings, RKD, Netherlands for her research on the painting. The lot is accompanied by the document providing her discussion of this painting based on photographs.Provenance: Presumed Sir Richard George Douglas Powell, 3rd Bt (1909-1980) (label verso); Wouter van Eldik, Charlottesville, Virginia, 2002 (accompanied by a copy of the original receipt); Estate of William A. Little, Charlottesville, VirginiaNote: Brunk Auctions would like to thank Ellis Dullaart, MA, Curator of Dutch and Flemish Old Master Paintings, RKD, Netherlands for her research on the painting. The lot is accompanied by the document providing her discussion of this painting based on photographs.
Condition
lined, craquelure, scattered light retouch; frame with abrasions