Lot 263: Robert Griffier (c. 1688-1750)

An extensive river landscape with a barge, figures, livestock and a ruined castle
signed and dated 'R. GRIFFIER F. 1727' (on the reverse)
oil on unlined canvas
25 3/8 x 59 5/8 in. (64.5 x 151.4 cm.)

Robert Griffier, son of the Dutch topographical landscape painter Jan Griffier, Senior, was born on 7 October 1688 in London where he built up a practice as a topographical and marine painter. Griffier became a citizen of Amsterdam in 1716 but had returned to London by 1727. His later landscapes suggest that he was influenced by Canaletto.

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