DUTCH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY

DUTCH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
Portrait of a peasant with a bird.Oil on panel.12.3 cm (round).

Lot 6060 - ibid160 Old Master Paintings - online only

Provenance:
- With Galerie Neupert, Zurich.
- Swiss private collection.

Oil on panel. Verso with traces of old wax seals. Paint surface well preserved, with some surface scratches. A fine continuous vertical hairline crack visible on the right. Minimal colour abrasion along the margins.
Under UV light scattered areas of retouching visible on the figure and in the background, as well as small areas of retouching along the aforementioned hairline crack. Varnish fluoresces unevenly greenish.
Overall in good condition.
Frame: 29.4 × 29.4 cm.

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