19th-Century Dutch School, River Landscape With Inn & Windmill

19th-Century Dutch School, River Landscape With Inn & WindmillThis fine mid 19th century Dutch oil painting depicts a gentle view with a windmill, inn, horseback rider and figures. As the sun sets, illuminating the sky with a golden glow, a weary family dismounts to take rest and refreshments at a quaint rural inn. A figure, perhaps the landlady, greets them by a stable door. The exquisite rendering of this idyllic setting is steeped in the rich heritage of the low countries. Numerous Dutch artists in the 19th

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A charming mid-19th-century French school portrait of an attractive young lady wearing a black dress with a decorative white lace collar

Provenance: Dealer

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 21½” x 19” / 88cm x 64cmYear of creation: c

Mother’s carrying a basket perhaps laden with lunch

originally France

appearing at Sotheby’s in 1997

Leslie exhibited at the Royal Academy

Soper’s approach is rooted in British romanticism and stems from John Constable’s passion for the countryside

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