PIERRE VAN BREDAEL

PIERRE VAN BREDAEL
(before 1629 Antwerp before 1719)Landscape with herdsmen. 1671.Oil on canvas.Signed and dated lower right: Peeter Van bredael 1671.67 × 85.7 cm.

Lot 6070 - ibid160 Old Master Paintings - online only

Provenance:
- With Paolo Garbani-Cantora, Lugano.
- Swiss private collection.

Oil on canvas, lined. Verso with two canvas reinforcements. Frame with an older label. Paint surface well preserved, with a fine network of craquelure. Isolated paint losses visible. Minimal colour abrasion along the margins.
Under UV light a retouched fine hairline crack measuring circa 8 cm visible centre left. Isolated areas of retouching visible on the figures and in the background. Varnish fluoresces unevenly greenish.
Overall in good condition.
Frame: 79.4 × 96.5 cm.

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