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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 441806, member: 2844&quot;]I think G. Fynaert/Fijnaert.</p><p>In Dutch the i and the j are attached to make a dotted y, which signifies the pronunciation of another vowel, which doesn&#039;t occur in English.</p><p>Fijnaert is a southern Dutch name, and the subject looks southern Dutch or Flemish.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you lived near me, I would buy it. It reminds me so much of my childhood, when we still had travelling Gypsies. Travelling by Dutch Gypsies stopped in 1969, when they all had to go to designated sites.</p><p>&#039;Our&#039; Gypsies (Netherlands, Belgium, parts of France) are mostly of the Sinti people, different from eastern European Roma and British Romany, but also originally from India/Pakistan.</p><p>Here they would often stay with friendly farmers during winter and take to the road again in springtime. This is a springtime painting.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The type of wagon is what we call a &#039;Hessenwagen&#039;. It was originally used by traders from the German state of Hessen, and came to be used by travelling Gypsies as well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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