Unknown Artist Countryside view – Old 1800s?

Unknown Artist Countryside view – Old 1800s?

An oil painting of a countryside view by an unknown artist, possibly from the 1800s, placed onto a really old wooden frame. The frame has broken at the top centre and the canvas has a heavy crease mark.

There is a possible gallery reference number on the rear. It measures 12” x 8” x 1” and came along with other Lowry pictures in a large collection bought in one lot.

We don’t know the artist, so it is offered as a genuine painting as found. A characterful antique-style landscape for restorers and collectors.

It might be real, we don't know, your chance is now.

This art work was part of a large collection purchased by us in one lot from the same person/collector, with lots of different artists are listed here to see. They are all just as we bought them, no frames, and no alterations, just as is.

We tried to get the Lowry pictures authenticated, but the dealer we took them to said they are really good, they see a lot of fakes, but they could not be 100% certain that they are genuine, so in this case they had to say no.

This does not mean they are not genuine though, far from it, just one persons opinion. The Lowry Centre in Salford does not even look at peoples pictures, so we gave up.

You may well find that these are genuine by the artist, and good luck, but we have run out of time to look around.

So these pictures are being sold as not genuine to be safe, it's your decision, you may well get a genuine masterpiece, or not.

We have priced them extremely low, you may make thousands if they are real, or add to your collection at just a fraction of the price.

Some of these items have reference numbers on the rear (could be gallery display numbers), some have NFS and some even have old prices on the rear as if offered for sale in a gallery.

Again we state it is your choice to decide, we are not selling these as genuine, no returns, sorry.

Did you know?

• Pastoral countryside scenes were hugely popular in the 19th century, inspired by painters such as John Constable.
• Gallery and dealer numbers on the back of old paintings can sometimes help trace a picture’s history through sale records.

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