19th-Century English School, River Landscape With Sail Barge

19th-Century English School, River Landscape With Sail BargeThis late 19th century British watercolour depicts a tranquil river landscape with a sail barge, figures and bridge. As the early evening sun drifts over the horizon, the sky becomes a wispy convergence of gentle golden tints. Silvery waters shimmer with a crisp radiance as a small barge moves downstream with its sail billowing. This is rural England, sketched outdoors amid natures beguiling splendour. The exact location is unknown but the composition

It’s signed in the lower right and housed within a gilded foliate frame

that it’s 1680 and you’re the wife of an upcoming Italian merchant

Rasmus Andersen Holm (1781-1874) has picked a beautiful spot with the large trees on the left casting their long shadows towards the foot of the image

and hairstyles lacking ceremony

Neuland painted in a very similar style to Zwart and they both produced interior scenes featuring the same fireplace from various angles

Titled ‘Renoir’ in the plate lower right and held within a contemporary frame

This vibrant city view dates to around 1930 and it’s a good example of Danish modernism

jug and book

Bart Peizel (1887-1974)

It’s a peaceful little painting that captures a quiet moment of contemplation within the bustling French capital

in 2015 for ‘Im Künstleratelier’ (50cm x 39

a dishevelled father peels vegetables alongside a fire