JAN JANSZ. MOLENAER
JAN JANSZ. MOLENAER
(1654 Haarlem circa 1700)A merry company in an inn.Oil on canvas.Signed lower right: Jan . Molenaer.105.5 × 130.5 cm.
Lot 6019 - ibid160 Old Master Paintings - online only
Provenance:
- European private collection.
- By inheritance to the present owners, European collection.
We thank Dr Dennis Weller for his scholarly assistance in cataloguing this lot.
Oil on canvas, lined. Paint surface with a fine network of craquelure. Several paint losses to the figures and background visible. Three scratches of circa 1–3 cm visible upper right and lower left. Left above centre, on the mantelpiece, with a wedge-shaped retouched insert of circa 8 × 8 cm. Colour abrasion along the edges.
Under UV light: Several areas of retouching to the figures and background visible. Varnish fluoresces unevenly greenish.
Frame: 120.6 × 144.5 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.
JAN JANSZ. MOLENAER
(1654 Haarlem circa 1700)A merry company in an inn.Oil on canvas.Signed lower right: Jan . Molenaer.105.5 × 130.5 cm.
Lot 6019 - ibid160 Old Master Paintings - online only
Provenance:
- European private collection.
- By inheritance to the present owners, European collection.
We thank Dr Dennis Weller for his scholarly assistance in cataloguing this lot.
Oil on canvas, lined. Paint surface with a fine network of craquelure. Several paint losses to the figures and background visible. Three scratches of circa 1–3 cm visible upper right and lower left. Left above centre, on the mantelpiece, with a wedge-shaped retouched insert of circa 8 × 8 cm. Colour abrasion along the edges.
Under UV light: Several areas of retouching to the figures and background visible. Varnish fluoresces unevenly greenish.
Frame: 120.6 × 144.5 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.
