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Hendrik Hollander (Dutch, 1823-1884) Fine Antique Oil Painting on Canvas
A Domestic Interior Genre Scene, signed lower right "H Hollander"
Item # 130211SIP30
Exceptional in every way, this gorgeous scene captures a family relaxing around the dining table in the evening hours. The level of detail captured in this work is quite fine and highly striking, the colors deep and high in contrast throughout. The lighting of this antique Dutch painting is highly technical and quite effective - an unknown light source casts evenly from somewhere behind us and off to the right, each shadow accurately resulted from this singular source as the dimmed orange of a setting sun is visible through the arched door of the next room. The realism is noteworthy, the scale of each object captured with precision and giving us insight into a period interior of a Netherlands home in the mid-to-late 19th Century. The scene itself is the epitome of nostalgia, the mother nursing her newborn while her daughter shows careful affection to her sister, her husband pondering some literature he is enjoying while the help wraps up the days chores. It is a stunning conversational antique painting that brings an incredible warmth to whatever room it becomes a part of, a highly enjoyable glimpse into a moment of time in an early era.
This investment grade antique work of art is a piece you will cherish for a lifetime, professionally conserved and protected for another century of enjoyment.
Provenance: Sadde, March 2009, lot 272
Measurements: [framed] 36 1/4" x 29 1/8" [canvas] 28 3/4" x 21 3/4"
Condition Report:
The high-resolution image under UV is a stitched image with a line down the center of the image, as it was shot under two different angles to get appropriate UV exposure. Professionally conserved with a new lining, the surface cleaned and a fresh varnish applied. Surface is dusty, edges along the frame with very minor rubbing loss; light craquelure dancing across the surface. Painting has not been removed from the frame to look for any further rubbing of paint behind the margins of the frame. [UNDER UV] repair 2 1/2" long in dark areas to left of seated woman (mid-left), 1 1/2" spot of touch up above window (upper-left), touchup in front of his forehead (mid-right), possible repair or at least light inpainting in a tiny line along the stile of the chair (from his shoulder through the foot of the chair along the back edge), inpainting to a round spot on the tablecloth and in the darkness below the tablecloth; minor spots of touch up to floor, dress, knees etc. Overall in very fine conserved condition. Please review all images in the slideshow for a full overview of condition.
