GERRIT CLAESZ. BLEKER
GERRIT CLAESZ. BLEKER
(circa 1593 Haarlem 1656)The Adoration of the Magi. 1640.Oil on canvas.Signed and dated lower left: CGBleker. f. 1640.109.7 × 153 cm.
Lot 6073* - ibid160 Old Master Paintings - online only
Provenance:
- Hans Klenk collection (1906–1983), Mainz.
- European private collection.
Exhibited:
Schenectady, NYC/Amherst, Mass./Williamstown, Mass. 1977, Seventeenth Century Dutch and Flemish Paintings From the Collection of Hans Klenk, Schenectady Museum/Mead Art Gallery/Williams College Museum of Art.
Literature:
- Kurt J. Müllenmeister: Meer und Land im Licht des 17. Jahrhunderts, Vol. II, Bremen 1978, p. 30, no. 42 (with ill.).
- Exh. cat. Seventeenth Century Dutch and Flemish Paintings From the Collection of Hans Klenk, ed. Fronia E. Wissman, Schenectady, NYC 1977, pp. 16–17, cat. no. 5.
Oil on canvas, lined. Paint surface well preserved, with a fine network of craquelure. Slight colour abrasion along the margins.
Under UV light a few small areas of retouching visible on the figures, animals and architecture, as well as further areas of retouching in the sky. Dust particles visible. Varnish fluoresces unevenly greenish.
Overall in very good condition.
Frame: 134.8 × 178.4 cm.
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GERRIT CLAESZ. BLEKER
(circa 1593 Haarlem 1656)The Adoration of the Magi. 1640.Oil on canvas.Signed and dated lower left: CGBleker. f. 1640.109.7 × 153 cm.
Lot 6073* - ibid160 Old Master Paintings - online only
Provenance:
- Hans Klenk collection (1906–1983), Mainz.
- European private collection.
Exhibited:
Schenectady, NYC/Amherst, Mass./Williamstown, Mass. 1977, Seventeenth Century Dutch and Flemish Paintings From the Collection of Hans Klenk, Schenectady Museum/Mead Art Gallery/Williams College Museum of Art.
Literature:
- Kurt J. Müllenmeister: Meer und Land im Licht des 17. Jahrhunderts, Vol. II, Bremen 1978, p. 30, no. 42 (with ill.).
- Exh. cat. Seventeenth Century Dutch and Flemish Paintings From the Collection of Hans Klenk, ed. Fronia E. Wissman, Schenectady, NYC 1977, pp. 16–17, cat. no. 5.
Oil on canvas, lined. Paint surface well preserved, with a fine network of craquelure. Slight colour abrasion along the margins.
Under UV light a few small areas of retouching visible on the figures, animals and architecture, as well as further areas of retouching in the sky. Dust particles visible. Varnish fluoresces unevenly greenish.
Overall in very good condition.
Frame: 134.8 × 178.4 cm.
Condition reports are made by us after a thorough examination and to the best of our knowledge and belief. However, we are not professional restorers, so condition reports reflect only our personal assessment.
The objects are auctioned in the condition they are in at the time of the auction. We cannot guarantee the condition reports we prepare.
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