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Property from a Dutch Private collects ion

Wouter Verschuur

The Rocher Rouges Mountains, Menton

VAT reduced rateUK: Greenford Park Warehouse

Lot Closed

December 14, 03:23 PM GTNN

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Dutch Private collects ion

Wouter Verschuur

Dutch

1812 - 1874

The Rocher Rouges Mountains, Menton


signed and inscribed W. Verschuur. / Rochers rouges Menton. lower right

oil on canvas

Unframed: 96 by 150cm., 37¾ by 59in.

Framed: 116 by 170cm., 45¾ by 67in.

Please note that this lot will be sent to our Greenford Park warehouse following the auction.
Mr. Sarluis, The Hague, 1872
Sale: Frederik Muller & Cie, Amsterdam, 13 April 1920, lot 272
Heijn Family (probably purchased at the above sale); thence to Mr. R. J. Heijn
Purchased from the above by the present owner in 1999 
 
The Hague, Tentoonstelling van Leevende Meesters, 1872, no. 340
Verschuur painted this exceptionally large oil in 1872 after an extended stay in Menton. Menton for centuries had been under the rule of the Prince of Monaco and twelve years earlier, during the French Revolution, it was purchased by France. It soon became a popular tourist destination due in part to the Mediterranean climate. The flurry of activity and the excavation of rocks with the help of horses, captured expertly by Verschuur, is no surprise as grand houses and gardens were quickly erected across the city.

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