Master of the Flemish School of the 17th century

Master of the Flemish School of the 17th century
Christ and the Adulteress
Oil on canvas
137,5 x 195,5 cm

The exceptional artwork can be traced back to the 17th-century Flemish school. For a precise historical-artistic reconstruction of the artwork, we believe it is essential to mention the existence of a watercolour on paper, now in a private Italian collection, almost identical and belonging to Sir Joshua Reynolds. He considered the artwork to be authentic by Antoon van Dyck (you should see attached photo) and as such it passed, after his death, into the hands of his niece, who sold it at auction at Phillips in March 1798. The quick and precise brushstroke, expertly measured also in thicknesses, from well-founded reason to believe that we are faced with a masterpiece by an important master, unfortunately still anonymous.