A DUTCH OIL-ON-CANVAS SIX-LEAF SCREEN
18th Century
In the style of Egbert van Heemskerk the Younger, (active circa 1700-1744), depicting a village fair, each panel with gilt-tooled leather edge, restorations, reframed, one panel torn, the reverse with inventory number 'BH L1912'
Each panel: 83½ in. x 22 in. (212 in. x 56 in.)
Provenance
The 6th Earl of Londsdale O.B.E., (d. 1949), Lowther Castle, Cumberland, sold Maple & Co., Ltd and Thomas Wyatt, F.V.A. house sale, 15 April 1947, lot 156.
Commander Richard Torbock, R.N. (+and H. Cornish Torbock Esq., (+Cross Rigg Hall, Penrith, sold by their Executors, Sotheby's house sale, 13 September 1994, lot 44.
Lot Essay
When sold in the Lowther Castle house sale in 1947, the screen was attributed to Hogarth.