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Johan Hendrik Louis Meyer - A Two-Master in Choppy Waters

Auction 1231 - overview Cologne
18.11.2023, 11:00 - Old Masters and 19th Century, Part I
Estimate: 15.000 € - 20.000 €
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Johan Hendrik Louis Meyer

A Two-Master in Choppy Waters

Oil on panel. 65.5 x 88 cm.
Signed lower left: Louis.Meijer.

This seascape captivates with its imposing cloud-covered sky and transluscent grey-blue waves. Nobody of his time was better able to reproduce the transparency of the crashing ocean than Louis Meyer.

Provenance

With Vicars Brothers, London. - Jef Rademakers, his sale; Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 19 October 2004, lot 204. - Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 21 November 2013, lot 235 (sold for €78.000), where acquired.