LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on oak panel

Size Notes:

33.5 x 26.5 cm.; 13? x 10? in.

Edition:

So far attempts to place streets in Vrels townscapes in relation to one another in pursuit of topography have proved fruitless (it has for example been suggested entirely incorrectly that this is the Olofssteeg in Amsterdam) but in some paintings we appear to be looking down the same street but in opposing directions.2 His skies, visible above and between the buildings, are typically grey, but they are probably greyer now than when he painted them, due to the natural degradation of the blue pigment of smalt.

Description:

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Markings:

The oak support is well preserved, is evenly chamfered to the reverse and very slightly convex.