Imitator of PIETER BRUEGHEL the Elder

(Breda c. 1525–1569 Brussels)Peasants playing music.Oil on panel.49 × 38.5 cm.Provenance:
Swiss private collection.

Condition:
Oil on panel, verso with three vertical wooden battens as well as wormholes. Paint surface with superficial dirt and dust and some wormholes. In the centre a fine vertical hairline crack is visible. Dotted colour losses and older retouching visible. Colour abrasions along the edges.
Under UV light: small retouches visible along the edges, on the figures, and in the background. Varnish appears in fluorescent green.
Dimensions with frame: 65.5 × 55 cm.