Lot Essay
The signed painting in the Detroit Institute of Arts depicts a nearly identical farm
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Details
Emanuel Murant (1622-circa 1700)
Two boors flirting in a village street, a man by a pump nearby - a fragment
oil on canvas
58.5 x 49.5 cm
Two boors flirting in a village street, a man by a pump nearby - a fragment
oil on canvas
58.5 x 49.5 cm
Provenance
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's Monaco, 9 December 1984, lot 571, with ill.
Anon. Sale, Christie's New York, 15 January 1986, lot 37, with ill.
Anon. Sale, Christie's New York, 15 January 1986, lot 37, with ill.