Lot 488: JACOBUS LINTHORST | Still life of summer flowers in a bowl, with butterflies and a bird's nest upon a marble ledge, a temple beyond

oil on canvas

78 by 63.3 cm.; 30 3/4  by 24 7/8  in.

oil on canvas

The canvas has been relined, the paint surface is stable with a clear and even varnish. There are no major damages visible to the naked eye, and only very few, sensitively executed, scattered strengthenings and retouchings visible on inspection under ultra violet light. In good overall condition and requires no further work.
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F.C. Schweder, Esq., Newnton Priory, Tetbury, Gloucestershire;
By whom sold, London, Christie's, 24 May 1935, lot 100 for £92.80s. to B...; 
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 19 February 1986, lot 111 for £27,500.