Dutch School, Locks In A River Landscape

Dutch School, Locks In A River LandscapeA late 19th century oil on canvas depicting an old stone lock on a rural waterway in Holland. This beautifully understated painting achieves a modesty through its subtle variations of hue and simple graduated sky. On the left, several mature trees provide a dense backdrop to the composition, while in the foreground, areas of light gently cascade across the mossy water. The painting is housed within a solid wooden frame with stepped sides and a border.

We may never know but it’s an interesting addition to the scene

Provenance Berlin

The coiffure was a ‘must-have’ hairstyle in the 1890s as this article from 1894 explains:

534 achieved in Stockholm for ‘Odalisk i röd interiör’

A gentle depiction of a middle-aged woman with a brown v-neck top and necklace

De Witte trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Liège and later studied in Italy at the Darchis foundation in Rome

he became deaf following a bout of scarlet fever

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 29” x 34” / 74cm x 86cmYear of creation: c

Overall size 13” x 16½” / 33cm x 42cm

The sun casts a long shadow behind them

He carries an air of a stoic hard-working character that’s endured a turbulent life

where colours were exaggerated to bring further meaning to a subject