Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Price Realized: $2,527 Includes buyer's premium
An oil on canvas capriccio landscape painting depicting a busy harbor scene populated by multiple classical figures loading and unloading boats along a coastline dotted with ancient architectural ruins and an obelisk column under a turbulent sky
oil on canvas
35 1/2 x 51 inches
The Estate of Janice and Donald Rosenthal
Fair; evidence of old restorations and repairs across the canvas face, with the canvas stabilized by a historical waxed back lining, accompanied by localized paint loss, stable cracking, and flaking along the outer margins
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housed within a molded giltwood frame, dimensions: 37 1/2 x 53 inches x 1 1/2