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Property from the Collection of Rolf & Margit Weinberg

Paul de Vos

A flock of terns and seagulls above stormy seas

Estimate

7,000 - 10,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of Rolf & Margit Weinberg


Paul de Vos

Hulst 1591/2 or 1595 - 1678 Antwerp

A flock of terns and seagulls above stormy seas


oil on canvas

unframed: 105.6 x 203.8 cm.; 41⅝ x 80¼ in.

framed: 129.2 x 227 cm.; 50⅞ x 89⅜ in.

Anonymous sale, London, Christie’s, 18 July 1986, lot 252 (as attributed to Paul de Vos; with an extension along the upper margin);

Anonymous sale, London, Phillips, 29 October 2001, lot 77 (as Flemish School, 18th century; with an extension along the upper margin);

With Trafalgar Galleries, London, by 2002;

Anonymous sale (‘The Property of a Lady’), London, Sotheby’s, 8 December 2005, lot 277 (as Paul de Vos; the extension having been removed), for £18,525;

Where acquired by the present owners.

A. Stern, Wild wie die Wellen des Meeres, Zürich 2018, detail reproduced in colour on the cover.

We are grateful to Dr Fred G. Meijer for endorsing the attribution to Paul de Vos on the basis of digital images.