Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Jan Jozef Horemans, Elder (1714-1792)
Marking(s); notes: labels
Country of origin; materials: Flemish; oil on canvas
Dimensions (H, W, D): 18.5"h, 14"w; 24.75"h, 20.5"w frame
Additional Information: Work is titled "The Quack Doctor." Provenance: Maison Bernard Galeria de Arte, Caracas, Venezuela. This lot is from a Boca Raton, Florida estate. The family acquired pieces in their travels, many during their time living in Caracas, Venezuela. When they moved from Vienna, Austria to Venezuela in 1938, they brought with them part of their original Viennese estate. When they came to live in the States, they brought their collection with them along with exhibition catalogs from their favorite artists' shows.
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Condition
very good, very fine craquelure, discreet scratch in lower left (blacklight visible as darker line), canvas appears to have been relined (condition of art only; age and cracking to frame)
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