BARTOLOMEO DEL CASTRO

BARTOLOMEO DEL CASTRO
(Palencia, early 16th century)Saint Engratia of Saragossa.Oil on panel.103.8 × 49.8 cm.

Lot 6065* - ibid160 Old Master Paintings - online only

Provenance:
- Hans Klenk collection (1906–1983), Mainz.
- Swiss private collection.

Exhibited:
Mainz 1968, Werke alter Meister aus Privatbesitz, Kunstgeschichtliches Institut der Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, 7 May–30 June 1968.

Literature:
Exh. cat. Werke alter Meister aus Privatbesitz, ed. Hans-Jürgen Imiela, Mainz 1968, pp. 106–107, cat. no. 49.

We thank Dr Isabel Mateo Gómez for confirming the authenticity of this painting on the basis of a photograph.

Oil on panel. Panel composed of four horizontal boards. Joins visible with traces of filling. Upper and lower joins each with three inset wooden reinforcements. Upper right with a fine horizontal hairline crack measuring circa 11 cm. Paint surface well preserved, in places with a fine network of craquelure. Three retouched fine hairline cracks visible in the upper and lower thirds and centre. Slight colour abrasion along the margins.
Under UV light areas of retouching visible on the figure and in the background, as well as along the aforementioned hairline cracks. Varnish fluoresces unevenly greenish.
Overall in good condition.
Set in the frame.

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