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THE GOLF SALE Fine & Decorative Arts

Wed, Mar 29, 2017 02:00PM EDT - Thu, Mar 30, 2017 02:00PM EDT
Lot 13

AFTER ADRIAEN VAN DE VELDE (1636-1672): LES AMUSEMENS DE L'HIVER

Estimate: $100 - $150
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Engraving on wove paper, c. 1750. 13 1/4 x 15 1/4 in. (sight), 22 x 23 3/4 in. (frame). Note: This winter view of Holland depicts men playing golf on a frozen lake with figures sledding and skating. It was published by Jean Jacques Aliamet, Paris, in 1750. The image was engraved after a painting by Van de Velde from 1668 and was advertised in Mercure, September 1750 (see The British Museum number 1880, 1113.6011). Condition: With margins. Some surface soiling, otherwise apparently in good condition. Not examined out of frame.,