19th-Century Dutch School River Landscape With House & Mill autumn A rare and unusual piece

A rare and unusual piece

1910Provenance: DenmarkCondition: A little tatty and you’ll enjoy this piece if you prefer paintings that show their age

was also an artist

a small scratch in the top left and a few minor losses

Perhaps they painted exactly what they saw or did the officer insist upon it

19th-Century Dutch School River Landscape With House & Mill autumn A rare and unusual pieceAn attractive 19th century oil on panel depicting a picturesque river landscape. Our eyes are guided initially by the tall tree on the left hand side and then down along the riverbank out towards the distant mill. The painting is unsigned but its clearly by a competent hand perhaps Academy trained. Note how the gap in the clouds on the right seems to give the composition balance and offset the dense trees on the left. The painting is housed in a good