Bartholomeus Johannes van HOVE (The Hague 1790... Lot 36

Bartholomeus Johannes van HOVE (The Hague 1790 - 1880) Vue d'un canal d'une ville hollandaise avec une scène de sauvetage Oak panel, one board, not parqueted Height: 32 cm Width: 39 cm Signed and dated lower left "B van Hove / I21" Label on the reverse mentioning a title ""The Old Canal in Rotterdam" We see a deserter who has thrown himself into the water and whom the police drag into the middle of a crowd where one can count a hundred characters. It would have taken the painter ten years to complete this work, which measures 0.32 by 0.40".