Reserved - 19th-Century German School, Rural View With Cloudy Sky flowers a similar portrait of a

a similar portrait of a boxer dog sold at Bonhams in the United States

Scuffing around the edges and one or two minor losses

it’s been created on paper and laid on canvas

156 achieved for ‘The Polar Star’ at an auction in Sweden in 2015

Zwart studied at the Academy for Visual Arts in The Hague and spent many years travelling aboard a houseboat

Reserved - 19th-Century German School, Rural View With Cloudy Sky flowers a similar portrait of aA handsome late 19th century oil on canvas depicting a rural view under a vast cloudy sky. A well worn track bends away to our left before disappearing into a copse. Two figures have stopped to chat perhaps on their way home while the sun gently illuminates the distant scenery. We particularly love the horizontal layers in the composition, which reveal themselves as your eyes gradually explore the landscape. The painting is housed within a beautiful