1851Provenance: SwedenCondition: Fine craquelure in areas but the paint layer is stable
The project was initiated when it became evident that the collection would need to be sold - eventually to Catherine of Russia in 1778
This early 20th-century oil painting by Danish artist Carl Hornung-Jensen (1882-1960) depicts a coastal view towards a sailboat atop turbulent waves
000 (over £60 million today) - an astonishing sum and one which could’ve been put to better use
A small early 19th-century oil on canvas depicting Christ carrying the cross as he trudges towards Calvary
Joshua Anderson Hague, Landscape With Watermill & Bridge A Shelf 1851Provenance: SwedenCondition: Fine craquelure inThis absorbing view of a mill by British artist Joshua Anderson Hague (1850 1916), a contributor to the Manchester School of Painters, captures the energy of cascading water with an array of impressionistic marks. Through a clever composition, the whole scene ebbs and flows from top to bottom, zigzagging its way from the clouds to the rocks by our feet. Hes describing a working landscape, the active mill fed by its environment. You can almost hear the