GERARD THOMAS

GERARD THOMAS
(before 1663 Antwerp 1720)Artists painting and drawing in a studio.Oil on canvas.Signed lower right: G. THOMAS.70.2 × 87.7 cm.

Lot 6086* - ibid160 Old Master Paintings - online only

Provenance:
- Private collection, Great Britain, until 1951 (verso with label).
- With St. Lucas, The Hague, circa 1965.
- Auction Paul Brandt, Amsterdam, 19–22 April 1966, lot 55.
- Hans Klenk collection (1906–1983), Mainz.
- European 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. 180–81, cat. no. 86 (with ill.).
- Exh. cat. Seventeenth Century Dutch and Flemish Paintings From the Collection of Hans Klenk, ed. Fronia E. Wissman, Schenectady, NYC 1977, p. 64, no. R.
- Charles Dumas: Liber amicorum Dorine van Sasse van Ysselt : collegiale bijdragen over teken- en prentkunst, The Hague 2011, p. 161.

With a written expert opinion by Dr Willem L. van de Watering, 22 June 1991.

This painting is registered in the RKD, The Hague, as an authentic work by Gerard Thomas under no. 238117.

Oil on canvas, lined, with paper adhesive strips along the margins. Paint surface with a fine network of craquelure, somewhat thin in places. Colour abrasion along the margins.
Under UV light a few small areas of retouching visible on the figures and objects, as well as in places along the craquelure. Varnish fluoresces unevenly greenish.
Overall in good condition.
Frame: 94.7 × 112.4 cm.

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