Dutch works by mystery artist land well in the saleroom

Two large 18th century paintings of figures at the port of Antwerp drew plenty of comment when they went on display at the South Cerney saleroom of Dominic Winter in the run-up to its July 21 sale.

As it turned out, the pair of 7ft x 7ft 4in (2.14 x 2.23m) oils on canvas from 1788 fitted very ne…

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