Dutch School, The Wedding Arranger

Dutch School, The Wedding ArrangerThis charming early 19th century interior scene depicts a Dutch wedding in the 17th century. Its a whimsical look back into a time gone by. Here we see a young lady dressed in the appropriate attire taking the hand of an older gentleman. The room is sparsely decorated aside from two artworks a landscape and a religious piece. The scene is abundant with symbolism that warrants further exploration. Note, for example, the chap in the red cloak disguising

The painting is housed within a fine wood and composite frame with swept corners

particularly in the lower left and right

A fine early 20th-century portrait study of girl by German painter

ready to play

the slopes draw the eye down past a cottage and out across the sea

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 36½” x 46” / 93cm x 117cmYear of creation: c

It dates to the 13th-century and remains one of the most important destinations for Christian pilgrimages

There’s an underdrawing in pencil which has been mostly drawn over in ink

He’s under an old birch

Vermehren spent time absorbing the rich artistic heritage of flourishing cities such as Florence

so it’s plausible there were further studies

A beautiful late 17th-century English school portrait believed to be a young Sarah Churchill