A still life of spring flowers in a glass vase on a table | 《靜物：桌上玻璃瓶中的春日花卉》, Jan van Kessel the Elder
Property from the Schuybroek Collection
Jan van Kessel the Elder
Antwerp 1626 - 1679
A still life of spring flowers in a glass vase on a table
signed lower left: J.v.Kessel.f
oil on oak panel, the reverse marked indistinctly with the brand of the Antwerp panel-makers' Guild and incised with the mark of the panel maker François de Bout (active in Antwerp 1637-60): F/DB
41.3 x 30.1 cm.; 16¼ x 11⅞ in.
舒布魯克典藏
老楊・凡・凱塞爾
安特衛普，1626 - 1679 年
《靜物：桌上玻璃瓶中的春日花卉》
款識：藝術家簽名J.v.Kessel.f（左下）
油彩橡木畫板，背面隱約可見安特衛普畫板工匠同業公會標記及工匠蓋印FDB of Frans de Bondt.
41.3 x 30.1 公分；16¼ x 11⅞ 英寸
Condition Report:
The following condition report is provided by Henry Gentle who is an external specialist and not an employee of Sotheby's:
Jan van Kessel
Still life of flowers in a vase
Oil on panel
The oak panel is well preserved and evenly chamfered all round.
There is a vertical repaired split.
Viewed in raking light, the paint layer is raised along the fine vertical wood grain; in some areas this is unstable with recent very minor loss, including along the split.
Under U-V light these areas of augmentation are difficult to detect.
The paint layer through the flowers shows preserved textural quality, energetic brushstrokes are visible. Some natural thinning of the paint layer particularly to the plinth, lower left, has been augmented; the signature is readable but a little worn.
Some of the 'top note' glazes have been slightly compromised leading to a minor reduction in the modelling of the flowers.
However, many of the fine details are in good original condition and chromatic and tonal values are intact.
Removal of a degraded and discoloured varnish would improve these tonal and chromatic nuances.
The painting presents well.
Provenance:
Queen Maria of Yugoslavia (1900–1961), 1936;
Her youngest son, Prince Andrej of Yugoslavia (1929–1990), London;
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby’s, 10 December 1980, lot 76, for £115,000, when acquired by Jean Schuybroek.
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Property from the Schuybroek Collection
Jan van Kessel the Elder
Antwerp 1626 - 1679
A still life of spring flowers in a glass vase on a table
signed lower left: J.v.Kessel.f
oil on oak panel, the reverse marked indistinctly with the brand of the Antwerp panel-makers' Guild and incised with the mark of the panel maker François de Bout (active in Antwerp 1637-60): F/DB
41.3 x 30.1 cm.; 16¼ x 11⅞ in.
舒布魯克典藏
老楊・凡・凱塞爾
安特衛普，1626 - 1679 年
《靜物：桌上玻璃瓶中的春日花卉》
款識：藝術家簽名J.v.Kessel.f（左下）
油彩橡木畫板，背面隱約可見安特衛普畫板工匠同業公會標記及工匠蓋印FDB of Frans de Bondt.
41.3 x 30.1 公分；16¼ x 11⅞ 英寸
Condition Report:
The following condition report is provided by Henry Gentle who is an external specialist and not an employee of Sotheby's:
Jan van Kessel
Still life of flowers in a vase
Oil on panel
The oak panel is well preserved and evenly chamfered all round.
There is a vertical repaired split.
Viewed in raking light, the paint layer is raised along the fine vertical wood grain; in some areas this is unstable with recent very minor loss, including along the split.
Under U-V light these areas of augmentation are difficult to detect.
The paint layer through the flowers shows preserved textural quality, energetic brushstrokes are visible. Some natural thinning of the paint layer particularly to the plinth, lower left, has been augmented; the signature is readable but a little worn.
Some of the 'top note' glazes have been slightly compromised leading to a minor reduction in the modelling of the flowers.
However, many of the fine details are in good original condition and chromatic and tonal values are intact.
Removal of a degraded and discoloured varnish would improve these tonal and chromatic nuances.
The painting presents well.
Provenance:
Queen Maria of Yugoslavia (1900–1961), 1936;
Her youngest son, Prince Andrej of Yugoslavia (1929–1990), London;
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby’s, 10 December 1980, lot 76, for £115,000, when acquired by Jean Schuybroek.
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