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A beautiful Dutch painting, signed “H J vd Weele” (Herman J Van Der Weele), depicting a pair of horses huddled beneath two trees with a sparse canopy of brown leaves. The horses are attached to a cart, which has stopped in the middle of a muddy, undulating road next to a river. Two gentleman behind the cart are removing felled limbs from the pathway. Presented in a thick giltwood frame adorned with lozenge-patterned ground beneath foliate carvings.
CONDITION: Good antique condition. A small patch to the verso of the canvas from an existing restoration. Minor losses and age separations to the giltwood frame, with some areas of exposed red bole, which is desirable. Signed in the lower right with a placard on the frame.