JAMES SEYMOUR (English, circa 1702-1752). PANORAMIC HUNT SCENE, circa 1740. Oil on canvas
Click here to view supplemental information for this lot. - Framed, 30 in. x 49 1/2 in. Estimate $250,000-500,000
A very large, significant, complex and dramatic Seymour panoramic hunting or coursing scene: A large hunting party with many hunters on horses in full cry with many hounds chasing a stag across rolling hills with trees, with castle ruins in mid-ground and a river and large hill in distance. James Seymour plaque in lower center of frame.
PROVENANCE: Arthur Ackermann & Son, Inc., Establishment For The Sale Of Sporting Prints, Drawings And Paintings, 50 East 57th Street, NYC, NY, Seymour label on verso. Private collector, Bethesda, MD