Consultation

Douwes Fine Art provides expertise and services in the World of Art, specializing in:

  • 16th and 17th century Dutch and Flemish Old Master Paintings and Drawings.
  • 17th century Rembrandt Prints
  • 19th century Dutch and Hague School Paintings and Watercolours.
  • 19th - 20th century French Barbizon School, Pre- & Post- Impressionism and Classical Modern Art
  • 20th century Rusian Social and Socialistic Realism.

Additional services:

  • We provide valuations for insurance, probate or inheritance tax.
  • We advise private buyers with their purchases, either at auction or from private collections and we acquire paintings directly or on the basis of consignment. Advice can include topics such as the condition of the painting, the value and the importance of it, the art-historical meaning and any other relevant matter.
  • We offer to work with collectors to help balance out their collections and by pointing out possible voids or duplications.
  • We are happy to offer free and non-committal advice on all restoration requests. Douwes Fine Art maintains a fully equipped restoration department where we undertake professional restoration for museums, private collectors and of our own stock paintings.
  • We organise exhibitions in our Gallery or elsewhere, focussing on a specific theme or period in painting.

For more information, please call or send an email to info@douwesfineart.com

"A Collector misses the point of collecting

if he knows the price of everything but the value of nothing"