Reserved - 19th-Century German School, Rural View With Cloudy Sky flowers ’Tria sunt difficilia mihi’

’Tria sunt difficilia mihi’

Scuffing around the edges and one or two minor losses

156 achieved for ‘The Polar Star’ at an auction in Sweden in 2015

A characterful early 20th-century portrait of an older gentleman in profile with a red necktie

Zwart studied at the Academy for Visual Arts in The Hague and spent many years travelling aboard a houseboat

Reserved - 19th-Century German School, Rural View With Cloudy Sky flowers ’Tria sunt difficilia mihi’A handsome late 19th century oil on canvas depicting a rural view under a vast cloudy sky. A well worn track bends away to our left before disappearing into a copse. Two figures have stopped to chat perhaps on their way home while the sun gently illuminates the distant scenery. We particularly love the horizontal layers in the composition, which reveal themselves as your eyes gradually explore the landscape. The painting is housed within a beautiful