69065: School of Theodoor van Loon (Flemish, 1581-1649)

School of Theodoor van Loon (Flemish, 1581-1649) The Adoration of the Shepherds, circa 1700 Oil on copper panel 25 x 15-1/4 inches (63.5 x 38.7 cm) PROVENANCE: Private collection, Dallas, Texas. The present work is a copy of an altarpiece attributed to Theodoor van Loon, a painting in the church of St. Laurentius in Wolvertem, Belgium. Van Loon painted several variations of this theme, a variant of which is in the church of St. Katelijne in Brussels, and a study for another variant is in the Louvre, Paris. (See Theodoor van Loon, een caravaggist tussen Rome en Brussel, exhibition catalogue, Brussels and Luxembourg, 2018, pp. 196-197, ill.) Many thanks to Dr. Fred G. Meijer for his attribution of the present work on the basis of photographs, and his kind assistance with the documentation for this catalogue note. HID03101062020 © 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Condition Report: One, 4 inch scuff mark, left of the center; Frame rubbing on the extreme top edge, noticeable out of frame; One, 1/4 inch loss in the lower left quadrant; Minor bend to the metal upper left corner, paint is slightly raised on the crease, Under UV exam; there appears to be one 3 inch line of inpaint on the extreme left corner; 2 inch area of inpaint in the upper right corner; Spots of inpaint on the extreme right edge; Three 4 inch lines of inpaint in the lower left corner, one line visible in raking light.
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