Abraham Hulk Snr Oil Painting c1850 View of Dutch Fishing Port of Scheveningen ARTIST: Abraham Hulk, Netherlands (1813 – 1897) SUBJECT: An expansive maritime landscape across a busy fishing port, Scheveningen, Netherlands MEDIUM: Oil on canvas, relined SIGNATURE: Lower right as A. Hulk DATE: c1850 – 1855 SIZE: Visible painting 54.5 x 39.5cm (21.5 x 15.5 inches), Frame 69 x 54cm (27 x 21 inches), Depth 7cm (2.75 inches) PROVENANCE: British estate sale, private collection CONDITION: Very good for its age. Restored, relined some years ago, at which point it was also lacquered. Minor marks with age and a very slight storage mark noticed on close inspection, mentioned for the sake of accuracy, does not detract. Canvas was re-tensioned when returned to its frame. FRAME: A later frame, a good qua.
J. Nimmo. (Jean Jules Nimmo, 1830-1881, French). Signed portrait miniature of a pretty young girl clad in a white frock and wearing a coral necklace. Ca. 19th c. On the back of the miniature is written – in faded ink – details of the sitter: name (“Maxime de Chan…?”) and year of birth, “née en 1843”, and date of death, “morte le 13 Fev. 1925.” Nimmo – listed in Schidlof – painted miniatures in France and Scotland (Edinburgh).
English or Continental. Naive water color of a gent with a Crimean medal and other decorations c. 1850. Sitter is seated on a mahogany chair; there is a suggestion of a table covered with red velvet drapery and elaborate embroidery (as well as a ceremonial sword or scabbard?). Sitter has black curly hair parted in centre, brown eyes and wears an elegant frock coat with gold epaulets “soaring” at the shoulders, and clutches gloves. Set in a papier-mâché frame with gold liners. Feel free to ask questions.
Sebito Chemin. French portrait miniature of a woman with dark curly hair and a prominent nose wearing a peach colored frock. The lovely oyster wood frame – not original? – is Biedermeier in style, mid-19th C. Signed upper left.
