Monday, July 18, 2011

Paul Jean Clays - Ships Lying Off Flushing [1869]


A label on the reverse, signed by Clays and dated Brussels 1868, identifies the view. The discrepancy between this date and the date on the painting (1869) suggests that the artist may have signed and dated it some time after it was completed.

[Oil on wood, 59.9 x 86.8 cm]

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