Le Jambon oil blended surface in both the

blended surface in both the sky and water

The characters appear almost floating within the vibrant scenery

Gaudard in the lower right (19th & 20th century)

Size without the frame: 5

Le Jambon oil blended surface in both the19th century large scale oil painting on wooden panel, signed in the lower right, B. W. van Laar," for Dutch painter Bartol Wilhelm van Laar (1818 1901). A richly composed still life centered around a largel cut of ham resting on a porcelain platter, accompanied by a wooden handled knife, a crusted roll, and a half filled glass beer mug. The arrangement is set atop a luminous white tablecloth, its folds and creases animated by light against a deep